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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2023
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Richard Edward Bruce, Great Shelford, GB;
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a graphics processor comprising: storage; execution circuitry to execute programs to perform graphics processing operations using a ray tracing process to generate a render output representative of a view of a scene; and ray tracing circuitry to trace a ray by performing tests to determine whether the ray may intersect geometry in the scene, the ray tracing circuitry being configured to store one or more test record entries for a ray being traced in the storage, each test record entry being indicative of a test to be performed to trace the ray, wherein the ray tracing circuitry is further configured to store distance data respective of one or more test record entries, the distance data respective of a test record entry being data representative of a distance to a volume of the scene associated with the test record entry.