Texture cache for a computer graphics accelerator
US7136068B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 7, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 14, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/60
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus which includes a graphics accelerator, circuitry responsive to pixel texture coordinates to select texels and generate therefrom a texture value for any pixel the color of which is to be modified by a texture, and a cache for texels for use by the circuitry to generate texture value for any pixel.
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