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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2007
Edward A. Hutchins, Mountain View, CA (US);
William T. Warner, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher D. S. Donham, San Mateo, CA (US);
Edward A. Hutchins, Mountain View, CA (US);
William T. Warner, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher D. S. Donham, San Mateo, CA (US);
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In a graphics pipeline of a graphics processor, a method for a unified primitive description for rasterization. The method includes receiving a group of primitives from a graphics application, wherein the group includes different types of primitives and the types of primitives include line primitives, point primitives and triangle primitives. For each of the types of primitives, the method includes generating a corresponding parallelogram, wherein the parallelogram has four sides disposed along an x-axis and a y-axis, and computing an inside y-axis mid point and an outside y-axis mid point based on the four sides. The parallelogram is controlled to represent to each of the primitive types respectively by adjusting a location of the inside y-axis mid point or the outside y-axis mid point.