US Patent 7365751 Texture processor

A memory write section 2 writes texture data in a number capable of being transferred at a time and written in one address, in one of first through fourth texture memories 1a through 1d in common by single write operation. If the V coordinate of texture data to be written is an even number, the texture data is written in the first, second, third and fourth texture memories 1a, 1b, 1c and 1d in this order. If the V coordinate is an odd number, the data is written in the third, fourth, first and second texture memories 1c, 1d, 1a and 1b in this order.