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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2000
Applicants:
Curtis Priem, Fremont, CA (US);
David Kirk, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Curtis Priem, Fremont, CA (US);
David Kirk, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/36 (2006.01); G09G 5/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for caching data defining vertices of a polygon to be displayed by an input/output display device including the steps of providing an index by a vertex for which data is to be cached, storing data defining attributes of a polygon at a vertex in a cache under the index provided, issuing a command signifying a polygon to be manipulated by indicating indices of the vertices of the polygon for which data is cached.