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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2006
Justin S. Legakis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Franklin C. Crow, Portola Valley, CA (US);
John S. Montrym, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Douglas A. Voorhies, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Justin S. Legakis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Franklin C. Crow, Portola Valley, CA (US);
John S. Montrym, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Douglas A. Voorhies, Menlo Park, CA (US);
NVIDIA CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In a raster stage of a graphics pipeline, a method for rasterizing non-rectangular tile groups. 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 by generating a non-rectangular footprint comprising a set of pixels related to the graphics primitive. The graphics primitive is then rasterized at a second level by accessing the set of pixels and determining covered pixels out of the set of pixels. The raster stage subsequently outputs the covered pixels for rendering operations in a subsequent stage of the graphics processor.