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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2006
Walter R. Steiner, Flagler Beach, FL (US);
Franklin C. Crow, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Craig M. Wittenbrink, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Roger L. Allen, Lak Oswage, OR (US);
Douglas A. Voorhies, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Walter R. Steiner, Flagler Beach, FL (US);
Franklin C. Crow, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Craig M. Wittenbrink, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Roger L. Allen, Lak Oswage, OR (US);
Douglas A. Voorhies, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In a raster stage of a graphics processor, a method for parallel fine rasterization. The method includes receiving a graphics primitive for rasterization in a raster stage of a graphics processor. The graphics primitive is rasterized at a first level to generate a plurality of tiles of pixels. The titles are subsequently rasterized at a second level by allocating the tiles to an array of parallel second-level rasterization units to generate covered pixels. The covered pixels are then output for rendering operations in a subsequent stage of the graphics processor.