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System, method and computer program product for a programmable pixel processing model with instruction set

US6870540B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 2001
Grant dateMar 22, 2005
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Expiry dateJul 13, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T15/503
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product are provided for programmable pixel processing in a computer graphics pipeline. Initially, pixel data is received from a source buffer. Thereafter, programmable operations are performed on the pixel data in order to generate output. The operations are programmable in that a user may utilize instructions from a predetermined instruction set for generating the same. Such output is stored in a register.

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