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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2006
Steven E. Molnar, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Franklin C. Crow, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Steven E. Molnar, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Franklin C. Crow, Portola Valley, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for selective enablement of tile compression. The method includes receiving a graphics primitive for processing in a set-up unit of a graphics processor and determining a primitive characteristic that indicates a probability of whether a final compression of a tile related to the primitive will be retained. Compression for the tile related to the primitive is allowed when the characteristic indicates the final compression will be retained. Compression for the tile related to the primitive is disallowed in the characteristic indicates the final compression will not be retained.