Fast architecture for graphics processor
US4967375A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 17, 1986 |
| Grant date | Oct 30, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T17/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A graphics processor having an independent processor for traversing a hierarchical graphics data base. The independent processor, termed a "tree traverser", generates a stream of addresses to the memory in which the data base is stored, producing a stream of data over a private, unidirectional data path to a geometry processor.
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