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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
May. 14, 2021
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Robert A Alfieri, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Peter S. Shirley, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of a computer-implemented method for processing data within a fixed-function pipeline included in an execution unit includes receiving a first input from a first processing unit, wherein the first input corresponds to a first fixed-function; executing the first fixed-function on the first input to generate a first output, wherein the first fixed-function is executed on the first input prior to executing the first fixed-function on one or more inputs received from a plurality of processing cores that are processing a plurality of rays, and wherein each ray represents a path from a light source to at least one point within a three-dimensional (3D) environment; and transmitting the first output to the first processing unit for further processing.