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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
David Blythe, San Carlos, CA (US);
Sharon Clay, Los Altos, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product sends scene data to a geometry engine, wherein a processor generates scene data for a frame in accordance with an application program, and writes the scene data to a first memory location, known hereinafter as an intermediate buffer. Scene data for the next frame is then generated and written to a second intermediate buffer, while a geometry engine reads and renders the scene data in the first intermediate buffer. Scene data for the following frame is then generated and written to the first intermediate buffer, while a geometry engine reads and renders the scene data in the second intermediate buffer. The process continues in this manner until the application program is finished executing.