Patent ID: 11880925
Assignee: IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. An apparatus for rendering images, comprising:
a programmable computation unit configured to concurrently execute one or more threads of computation corresponding to a group of computation tasks identified for concurrent execution, wherein the programmable computation unit executes threads of computation over a set of time frames, the programmable computation unit being configured to concurrently execute the one or more threads of computation by executing the one or more threads of computation in the same time frame, wherein each thread comprising an instruction that, when executed, causes issuance of an operation code including data that identifies a ray; and
a logic module arranged to execute independently of the programmable computation unit and operable to perform a predetermined set of operations, the logic module being configured to read the operation code and perform an operation specified by the operation code.