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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Jørn Nystad, Trondheim, NO;
Mario Blazevic, Trondheim, NO;
Borgar Ljosland, Trondheim, NO;
Edvard Sørgard, Trondheim, NO;
Jørn Nystad, Trondheim, NO;
Mario Blazevic, Trondheim, NO;
Borgar Ljosland, Trondheim, NO;
Edvard Sørgard, Trondheim, NO;
ARM Norway AS, Trondheim, NO;
Abstract
A graphics processing platform includes a rasteriserthat receives primitives representing an image to be displayed for processing. The rasteriserdetermines which sets of sampling points of the image include sampling points that are covered by a given primitive, and then generates a fragment for rendering for each set of sampling points found to include a sampling point that is covered by the primitive and passes those fragments to a rendererfor rendering. The renderercarries out rendering operations on the fragments that it receives, and stores the rendered fragment data in tile buffers. The rendered fragment data is stored in multiple copies in the appropriate sample positions in the tile buffers, so as to provide a separate set of fragment data for each individual sample position taken of the image. The data from the tile buffersis input to a downsampling unit, and hence output to a frame bufferof a display devicefor display.