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Graphics display system and method including two-dimensional cache

US4491836A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 1982
Grant dateJan 1, 1985
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G5/393
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A graphics display system is disclosed including a memory circuit for storing vector data representing a graphics image, a raster memory circuit for rasterizing the vector data into a second memory for storage, and a processor for controlling the operation of the vector memory and raster memory circuits. The raster data can be displayed on a suitable cathode ray tube monitor, thereby displaying the graphics image on the monitor.

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