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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2002
Erik Ordentlich, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Craig M Wittenbrink, Redwood City, CA (US);
Erik Ordentlich, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Craig M Wittenbrink, Redwood City, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A sort middle graphics architecture comprising a host interface for receiving raw primitive data from a graphics application; a geometry processing module coupled to the host interface for receiving the raw primitive data from the host interface and generating sort middle traffic data, said geometry processing module a having a built-in compression module for compressing the sort middle traffic data; and a rasterization module coupled to the host interface for receiving the compressed sort middle traffic data and rasterizing the data, said rasterization module having a built-in decompression module for decompressing the sort middle traffic data before it is rasterized.