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Hierarchical lossless compression and null data support

US10282808B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 27, 2016
Grant dateMay 7, 2019
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/657
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Described herein are computer graphics technologies to facilitate effective and efficient memory handling for blocks of memory including texture maps. More particularly, one or more implementations described herein facilitates hierarchical lossless compression of memory with null data support for memory resources, including texture maps. More particularly still, one or more implementations described herein facilitates the use of meta-data for lossless compression and the support of null encodings for Tiled Resources. This technology also permits use of the fast-clear compression method, where meta-data specifies that the entire access should return some specified clear value.

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