A system, method and computer program product are provided for branching during
programmable processing utilizing a graphics application program interface in conjunction …

Methods An operation on an object is performed using a method. Methods are common to
all instances of a particular class. Classes are hierarchically arranged. Each class in the …

CULLING IN GRAPHICS SYSTEMS filed Jul 22, 1998 under Ser. No. 09/121,317 now US
Pat. No. 6,480,205 and claims priority of a provisional patent application filed May 23, 2001 …

FE2XF CMDRDVAB Read the VAB contents when context switching. FE2XF CMD LDMODE
Load new mode bits. FE2XF CMD LDXFCTX write Load transform context memory data …

(57) ABSTRACT A system and method are provided for a hardware imple mentation of a
blending technique during graphics process ing in a graphics pipeline. During processing in …

(57) ABSTRACT A graphics pipeline System and method are provided for graphics
processing. Such System includes a transform mod ule adapted for receiving graphics data …

(57) ABSTRACT A graphics pipeline system is provided with an integrated clipping
operation. First included is a transform module adapted for being coupled to a buffer to …

FE2XF CMD LDLTC1 write Load lighting context memory data. FE2XF CMDRDLTC read
Read lighting context memory data. FE2XF CMD LDLTC2 write Load lighting context2 …

Chauvin et al............. 345/418 5,956,042 A 9/1999 Tucker et al................ 345/426 6,014,144 A
1/2000 Nelson et al............... 345/426 6,097,395 A 8/2000 Harris et al................. 345/426 …

(22) Filed: Mar 19, 2003 EP O690430 A2 1/1996 Related US Application
Data(Continued)(63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/960,630, OTHER …