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Linking texture headers and texture samplers

US7948495B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

NVIDIA Corporation · US

Inventors

Bryon S. Nordquist · Santa Clara, US
Alexander L. Minkin · Los Altos, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 2, 2006
Grant date	May 24, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 4, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T1/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods used for binding texture state stored in independent structures may be used by more than one graphics applications programming interface (API). A texture header portion of the texture state defines texture data characteristics and is stored in a first structure. A texture sampler portion of the texture state specifies texture processing attributes and is stored in a second structure. A single unified structure is emulated for use by APIs that store the texture state in a single structure. Therefore, a graphics processor may support more than one graphics API for processing texture data.

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