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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;
Inventors:
Joseph M. Richards, San Francisco, CA (US);
Luke T. Peterson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven J. Clohset, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/06 (2011.01); G06T 1/60 (2006.01); G06T 15/08 (2011.01); G06T 1/20 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 15/80 (2011.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/0813 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/06 (2013.01); G06F 12/00 (2013.01); G06T 1/20 (2013.01); G06T 1/60 (2013.01); G06T 15/005 (2013.01); G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G06T 15/80 (2013.01); G06F 12/0813 (2013.01); G06F 2212/452 (2013.01); G09G 2360/121 (2013.01);
Abstract
Ray tracing systems have computation units ('RACs') adapted to perform ray tracing operations (e.g. intersection testing). There are multiple RACs. A centralized packet unit controls the allocation and testing of rays by the RACs. This allows RACs to be implemented without Content Addressable Memories (CAMs) which are expensive to implement, but the functionality of CAMs can still be achieved by implemented them in the centralized controller.