发明名称 |
Integrated tessellator in a graphics processing unit |
摘要 |
An integrated graphics pipeline system is provided for graphics processing. Such system includes a tessellation module that is positioned on a single semiconductor platform for receiving data for tessellation purposes. Tessellation refers to the process of decomposing either a complex surface such as a sphere or surface patch into simpler primitives such as triangles or quadrilaterals, or a triangle into multiple smaller triangles. Also included on the single semiconductor platform is a transform module adapted to transform the tessellated data from a first space to a second space. Coupled to the transform module is a lighting module which is positioned on the single semiconductor platform for performing lighting operations on the data received from the transform module. Also included is a rasterizer coupled to the lighting module and positioned on the single semiconductor platform for rendering the data received from the lighting module.
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申请公布号 |
US6597356(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2003.07.22 |
申请号 |
US20000718890 |
申请日期 |
2000.11.21 |
申请人 |
NVIDIA CORPORATION |
发明人 |
MORETON HENRY P.;LEGAKIS JUSTIN;ROGERS DOUGLAS H. |
分类号 |
G06T15/00;G06T17/20;(IPC1-7):G06T17/20 |
主分类号 |
G06T15/00 |
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