Method and apparatus for performing texture mapping
US5757374A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 25, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 26, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 25, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T17/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer graphics apparatus connects a texture coordinate generator with fragment generators via a command bus. The generator is connected to a texture data bus through a texture memory cluster which comprises an address generator connected to a texture coordinate bus, a filter, and eight memories. In addition, the generator is connected to the texture data bus through a plurality of texture memory clusters. The texture data bus is connected to a plurality of drawing processors to which a plurality of frame memories are connected in correspondence. This configuration performs texture mapping through effective utilization of the texture memory clusters.
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