Scalable high performance 3d graphics

M Deering, M Lavelle - US Patent App. 10/394,418, 2004 - Google Patents
A high-speed ring topology. In one embodiment, two base chip types are required: a
“drawing” chip, LoopDraw, and an “interface” chip, LoopInterface. Each of these chips have …

Scalable high performance 3D graphics

MF Deering, MG Lavelle - US Patent 7,379,067, 2008 - Google Patents
A high-speed ring topology. In one embodiment, two base chip types are required: a
“drawing” chip, LoopDraw, and an “interface” chip, LoopInterface. Each of these chips have …

Graphics engine for high precision lithography

M Olsson, S Gustavson, T Sandström… - US Patent …, 2007 - Google Patents
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System and method for computing intersections between rays and surfaces

WR Mark, GS Johnson, C Burns - US Patent 7,567,248, 2009 - Google Patents
(2D) region representing the projection of the Surface element onto the projection Surface;
and determining using intersec tion testing which points stored in the data structure are …

Graphics engine for high precision lithography

M Olsson, S Gustavson, T Sandström… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
The present invention includes a method to use a phase modulating micromirror array to
create an intensity image that has high image fidelity, good stability through focus and good …

High quality antialiased lines with dual sampling pattern

G O'driscoll - US Patent 7,227,556, 2007 - Google Patents
Antialiased lines are classified according to their orientation, eg as x-major or y-major
depending whether the x or y extent of the line is larger. Different subpixel sampling patterns …

Bounding box-based techniques for improved sample test efficiency in image rendering

T Aila, J Lehtinen, P Shirley, S Laine - US Patent 8,970,584, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND The present invention relates to image rendering, and more particularly to
improving sample test ef? ciency in image rendering applications. The rendering of a high …

Scalable high performance 3D graphics

MF Deering, MG Lavelle - US Patent 7,808,505, 2010 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A high-speed ring topology. In one embodiment, two base chip types are
required: a “drawing chip, LoopDraw, and an “interface'chip, Loopinterface. Each of these …

System and method for improved sample test efficiency in image rendering

T Aila, S Laine, T Karras, J Lehtinen… - US Patent 9,142,043, 2015 - Google Patents
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Hierarchical structure for accelerating ray tracing operations in scene rendering

M Stich, S Parker, H Friedrich, A Dietrich - US Patent 9,460,546, 2016 - Google Patents
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