Shader processing systems and methods
US8174534B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 6, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/04
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Various embodiments of shader processing systems and methods are disclosed. One method embodiment, among others, comprises a dependent texture read method executed using a multi-threaded, parallel computational core of a graphics processing unit (GPU). Such a method includes generating a dependent texture read request at logic configured to perform shader computations corresponding to a first thread, and sending shader-calculated, texture-sampling related parameters corresponding to the first thread to a texture pipeline while retaining at the logic all other shader processing related information corresponding to the first thread.
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