Method and apparatus for texture data
US6133923A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/04
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for reading texture data from a memory without need to use a cache unit in such a manner that the read speed is not affected by the size of the memory, wherein a memory address is supplied to a memory address comparing unit, a memory address comparing unit compares the memory address of the current pixel and the memory address of the immediately preceding adjacent pixel, the compared result being supplied as information to a compared result storing unit which stores the information. A memory accessing unit receives a memory address different from the memory address of the adjacent pixel and reads texture data the corresponding address in a memory, the texture data being stored in a texture data storing unit. A texture data restructuring unit reads texture data from the texture data storing unit corresponding to the information read from the compared result storing unit and restructures the texture data accordingly.
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