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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2022
Applicants:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ati Technologies Ulc, Markham, CA;
Inventors:
David William John Pankratz, Markham, CA;
David Ronald Oldcorn, Milton Keynes, GB;
Daniel James Skinner, Milton Keynes, GB;
Michael John Livesley, Milton Keynes, GB;
David Kirk Mcallister, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignees:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/06 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/06 (2013.01); G06T 2210/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique for performing ray tracing operations is provided. The technique includes identifying triangles to include in a compressed triangle block; storing data common to the identified triangles as common data of the compressed triangle block; and storing data unique to the identified triangles as unique data of the compressed triangle block.