The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2001
John Erik Lindholm, Cupertino, CA (US);
Simon Moy, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin Dawallu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mingjian Yang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Montrym, Los Altos, CA (US);
David B. Kirk, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paolo E. Sabella, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Matthew N. Papakipos, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Douglas A. Voorhies, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nicholas J. Foskett, Mountain View, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A graphics pipeline system is provided with an integrated scissor operation. First provided is a transform module adapted for being coupled to a buffer to receive graphics data therefrom. Such transform module is positioned on a single semiconductor platform for transforming the graphics data from a first space to a second space. Associated therewith is a lighting module coupled to the transform module and positioned on the same single semiconductor platform as the transform module for performing lighting operations on the graphics data received from the transform module. A scissor operation is performed on the same single semiconductor platform as the transform module and the lighting module.