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Current Assignee
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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Ziyad S. Hakura0
Brad W. Simeral0
Brian K. Langendorf0
Michael Brian Cox0
Date of Patent
November 11, 2008
Patent Application Number
10741115
Date Filed
December 19, 2003
Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A processor generates Z-cull information for tiles and groups of tiles. In one embodiment the processor includes an on-chip cache to coalesce Z information for tiles to identify occluded tiles. In a coprocessor embodiment, the processor provides Z-culling information to a graphics processor.
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