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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2006
Applicants:
John Erik Lindholm, Saratoga, CA (US);
Henry Packard Moreton, Woodside, CA (US);
John S. Montrym, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Scott R. Whitman, Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Erik Lindholm, Saratoga, CA (US);
Henry Packard Moreton, Woodside, CA (US);
John S. Montrym, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Scott R. Whitman, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/50 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A graphics pipeline rasterizes primitives and generates a stream of groups of pixels, such as a stream of pixel quads. A tile coalesce unit received the stream of groups of pixels and generates pixel tiles for use by downstream pixel processing units. The pixel tiles facilitate hazard checks and transaction coherency.