Patent · US Active

Stream compaction for rasterization

US8842121B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

5References

30Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Tomas G. Akenine-Moller · Lund, SE
Jon N. Hasselgren · Bunkeflostrand, SE
Carl J. Munkberg · Malmö, SE
Robert M. Toth · Lund, SE
Franz P. Clarberg · Lund, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 3, 2011
Grant date	Sep 23, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 9, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

A single instruction multiple data (SIMD) processor with a given width may operate on registers of the same width completely filled with fragments. A parallel set of registers are loaded and tested. The fragments that fail are eliminated and the register set is refilled from the parallel set.

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