Graphics processor with texture memory allocation system
US7518616B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/60
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A graphics accelerator for processing a graphical image includes a texture buffer for storing texture maps and data relating to the texture maps stored in the texture buffer, and a texture processor that performs texturing operations on the graphical image. The texture processor includes a fetching engine that retrieves texture packets, where each texture packet is stored in the texture buffer and associated with a texture map. Each texture packet includes data relating to the location of its associated texture map in the texture buffer.
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