Patent ID: 11861760
Assignee: ARM LIMITED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. The tile-based graphics processor of claim 13, wherein the one or more later processing stages are operable to, prior to performing one or more processing steps in respect of a primitive, determine whether metadata stored for the primitive indicates that the one or more processing steps in respect of the primitive need not be performed, and to, when it is determined that metadata stored for the primitive indicates that one or more processing steps in respect of the primitive need not be performed, omit performing the one or more processing steps in respect of the primitive; and the one or more earlier processing stages are operable to cause the one or more later processing stages to omit performing one or more processing steps in respect of a primitive by storing metadata for the primitive that indicates that the one or more processing steps in respect of the primitive need not be performed; and
wherein the one or more earlier processing stages are configured to cause the one or more later processing stages to omit performing the one or more processing steps in respect of the at least one primitive by storing metadata for the at least one primitive that indicates that the one or more processing steps in respect of the at least one primitive not be performed.