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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;

Inventors:

Luke T. Peterson, San Francisco, CA (US);

James Alexander McCombe, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ryan R. Salsbury, San Francisco, CA (US);

Steven J. Clohset, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/06 (2011.01); G06T 1/60 (2006.01); G06T 15/08 (2011.01); G06T 15/80 (2011.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/393 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/06 (2013.01); G06T 1/60 (2013.01); G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G06T 15/80 (2013.01); G06T 2215/12 (2013.01); G09G 5/006 (2013.01); G09G 5/393 (2013.01); G09G 2360/121 (2013.01); G09G 2370/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects comprise systems implementing 3-D graphics processing functionality in a multiprocessing system. Control flow structures are used in scheduling instances of computation in the multiporcessing system, where different points in the control flow structure serve as points where deferral of some instances of computation can be performed in favor of scheduling other instances of computation. In some examples, the control flow structure identifies particular tasks, such as intersection testing of a particular portion of an acceleration structure, and a particular element of shading code. In some examples, the aspects are used in 3-D graphics processing systems that can perform ray tracing based rendering.


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