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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2006
Lordson L. Yue, Foster City, CA (US);
Vimal S. Parikh, Fremont, CA (US);
Andrew J. Tao, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lordson L. Yue, Foster City, CA (US);
Vimal S. Parikh, Fremont, CA (US);
Andrew J. Tao, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method for clipping graphics primitives are described. In one embodiment, a graphics processing apparatus includes a clipping unit, a read-only memory that is connected to the clipping unit, a read-write memory that is connected to the clipping unit, and an addressing unit that is connected to the read-only memory and the read-write memory. The read-only memory is configured to store a clipping program, and the read-write memory is configured to store a patch program. The addressing unit is configured to selectively address one of the read-only memory and the read-write memory based on a set of input conditions.