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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1999
Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jack Benkual, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vaughn T. Arnold, Scott's Valley, CA (US);
Tuan D. Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard E. Hessel, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Stephen L. Dodgen, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Shun Wai Go, Milpitas, CA (US);
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and methods for rendering 3D-graphics images preferably includes a port for receiving commands from a graphics application, an output for sending a rendered image to a display and a geometry-operations pipeline, coupled to the port and to the output, the geometry-operations pipeline including a block for performing transformations. In one embodiment, the block for performing transformations includes a co-extensive logical and first physical stages, as well as a second physical stage including multiple logical stages. The second physical stage includes multiple logical stages that interleave their execution.