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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2010
Erik Faye-lund, Oslo, NO;
Jorn Nystad, Trondheim, NO;
Eivind Liland, Trondheim, NO;
ARM Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A graphics processing apparatusincludes graphics processing pipelines. The graphics processing pipelinesinclude a programmable hardware stage, a pipeline memoryand writeback circuitry. Programmable resolving circuitryis provided by the programmable hardware stagewithin each pipeline and is responsive to one or more graphics program instructions to read pixel values at a first resolution generated within the pipeline memoryby pixel value generating circuitryprovided by the programmable hardware stageand to perform a resolving operation upon these pixels values so as to generate pixel values at a second resolution. These pixel values at the second resolution are then written back to a frame buffer memory