Apparatus and method for hierarchical beam tracing and packet compression in a ray tracing system
US10204441B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 7, 2017 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T17/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for compressing ray tracing data prior to transmission between nodes. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a first node comprising a first ray tracing engine, the first node communicatively coupled to a second node comprising a second ray tracing engine; first compression circuitry coupled to the first ray tracing engine, the first compression circuitry to perform compression on ray tracing data of the first ray tracing engine to produce a first compressed stream of ray tracing data; and interface circuitry to transmit the first compressed stream of ray tracing data from the first node to the second node.
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