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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2003
Hsilin Huang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Jeff Jiao, San Jose, CA (US);
Chiente Ho, Santa Clara, CA (US);
VIA Technologies, Inc., , TW;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reordering the vertices of a graphics primitive. The vertices of the primitive are received in a circular order, but the position of the vertices in the circular order is arbitrary. The vertices include coordinates with respect to an origin. Comparison logic operates on the coordinates of each vertex to determine which vertex is the minimum vertex, which the vertex that is a minimum distance away from the origin. Once the minimum vertex is known, the vertices are shuffled into the proper order, with the minimum vertex in the lowest order position, the next vertex in circular order in the next position and so on. An apparatus saves the information for reordering the vertices, so that the order is preserved for parameter information for each vertex.