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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Ziyad S. Hakura, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Brian Cox, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Brian K. Langendorf, Benicia, CA (US);
Brad W. Simeral, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ziyad S. Hakura, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Brian Cox, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Brian K. Langendorf, Benicia, CA (US);
Brad W. Simeral, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/40 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06T 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A processor generates Z-cull information for tiles and groups of tiles. In one embodiment the processor includes an on-chip cache to coalesce Z information for tiles to identify occluded tiles. In a coprocessor embodiment, the processor provides Z-culling information to a graphics processor.