Patent ID: 11922555
Assignee: IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
(a) analysing the primitive block entries in the control stream associated with the selected primitive block, following the selected primitive block, one at a time until (i) a primitive block relevant to rendering the current tile is identified or (ii) it is determined that none of the primitive block entries of that control stream are relevant to rendering the current tile;
(b) if a primitive block relevant to rendering the current tile is identified, adding information identifying that primitive block to the list of relevant primitive blocks; and
(c) selecting a primitive block from the list of relevant primitive blocks associated with the earliest primitives in a draw order to be processed next and removing the selected primitive block from the list of relevant primitive blocks.