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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 15/80 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/005 (2013.01); G06T 15/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a graphics processor that executes a graphics processing pipeline that can generate a render output using different shading rates is disclosed. First and second input shading rates are combined prior to rasterisation, and a combined shading rate may be propagated through the pipeline instead of the first and second input shading rates. The combined shading rate may then be combined with a third input shading rate at or after the rasterisation stage. This can reduce bandwidth, hardware and energy requirements.