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Integer-based functionality in a graphics shading language

US8044951B1 · kind B1 · utility

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33References

23Claims

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Assignee

NVIDIA Corporation · US

Inventors

Patrick R. Brown · Raleigh, US
Barthold B. Lichtenbelt · Fort Collins, US
Christopher T. Dodd · Woodside, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 2006
Grant date	Oct 25, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 31, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T15/005
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for improving the flexibility and programmability of a graphics pipeline by adding application programming interface (API) extensions to the OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) that provide native support for integer data types and operations. The integer API extensions span from the API to the hardware execution units within a graphics processing unit (GPU), thereby providing native integer support throughout the graphics pipeline.

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