Method and apparatus for providing a vertex cache
US7038692B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 25, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 2, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/60
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for caching data defining vertices of a polygon to be displayed by an input/output display device including the steps of providing an index by a vertex for which data is to be cached, storing data defining attributes of a polygon at a vertex in a cache under the index provided, issuing a command signifying a polygon to be manipulated by indicating indices of the vertices of the polygon for which data is cached.
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