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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2003
Matthew N. Papakipos, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David B. Kirk, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rui M. Bastos, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matthew N. Papakipos, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David B. Kirk, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rui M. Bastos, Santa Clara, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A graphics data-processing pipeline including a geometry processor and a fragment processor. The graphics data-processing pipeline being configured to render stencil data and to output the stencil data in a format compatible with input to the fragment processor. An output of the graphics data-processing pipeline is written to local memory and the output is subsequently read using the fragment processor without host processor intervening usage to format the stencil data or process the stencil data.