In one embodiment of the present invention a driver configures a graphics pipeline
implemented in a cache tiling architecture to perform dynamically-defined multi-pass …

(57) ABSTRACT A data processing system determines for a stream of instruc tions to be
executed, whether there are any instructions that can be re-ordered in the instruction stream …

Apparatus and method for asynchronous ray tracing. For example, one embodiment of a
processor comprises: a bounding volume hierarchy (BVH) generator to construct a BVH …

Abstract A Provider Edge (PE) node includes a plurality of ports including an inter-chassis
port to a second PE node, a port connected to a root node, and one or more ports connected …

Ray tracing is a technique in which a light transport is simulated through physically-based
rendering. Widely used in cinematic rendering, it was considered too resource-intensive for …

Ray tracing systems and computer-implemented methods for generating a hierarchical
acceleration structure for intersection testing in a ray tracing system. Nodes of the …

Ray tracing systems and methods generate a hierarchical acceleration structure to be used
for intersection testing in a ray tracing system. Nodes of the hierarchical acceleration …

Cluster of acceleration engines to accelerate intersections. For example, one embodiment of
an apparatus comprises: a set of graphics cores to execute a first set of instructions of a …

Ray tracing systems and computer-implemented methods for generating a hierarchical
acceleration structure for intersection testing. Nodes of the hierarchical acceleration …

A hierarchical acceleration structure is generated for intersection testing in a ray tracing
system. Nodes of the hierarchical acceleration structure are determined, wherein each of the …