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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas A. Piazza, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Bimal Poddar, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Peter L. Doyle, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 15/40 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/005 (2013.01); G06T 15/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to some embodiments of the present invention, pixel throughput may be improved by performing depth tests and recording the results on the granularity of an input geometry object. An input geometry object is any object within the depiction represented by a primitive, such as a triangle within an input triangle list or a patch within an input patch list.