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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1999
Vernon Brethour, Owens Cross Roads, AL (US);
William Lazenby, Harvest, AL (US);
3DLabs Inc. Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
An apparatus for processing a graphics request stream begins processing subsequent vertex data while processing previous vertex data. To that end, the apparatus has a vertex assembler having an input for receiving graphics requests, and a processor (coupled to the vertex assembler) for processing received graphics requests. The processor provides a headstart signal to the vertex assembler to indicate that the processor is processing a new graphics request. Upon receipt of the headstart signal, the vertex assembler causes the processor to restart processing of the new graphics request if the new request is determined to have not been properly assembled.