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Decoder unit for texture decompression

US10636195B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Imagination Technologies Limited · GB

Inventors

Yoong Chert Foo · London, GB
Kenneth Rovers · Childwickbury, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 28, 2018
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 28, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N19/44
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A decoder unit is configured to decode a plurality of texels in accordance with a texel request, the plurality of texels being encoded across one or more blocks of encoded texture data each encoding a block of texels, and includes a first set of one or more decoders, each of the first set of decoders being configured to decode n texels from a single received block of encoded texture data; a second set of or more decoders, each of the second set of decoders being configured to decode p texels from a single received block of encoded texture data, where p<n; and control logic configured to allocate blocks of encoded texture data to the decoders in accordance with the texel request.

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