Patent ID: 6333744
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A graphics pipeline comprising:a rasterizing stage configured to generate pixel coordinates, color values and texture coordinates for each of at least two pixels during each clock interval of the pipeline in response to data indicative of a single polygonal primitive, wherein the pixels define at least part of a surface to be displayed;a plurality of texture stages configured to generate, in response to the texture coordinates, texture values each defining a particular texture for at least one of the pixels; anda combiner stage, coupled to the rasterizing stage and the texture stages and configured to produce output values for at least two textured pixels during each clock interval of the pipeline, by combining a plurality of selectable input values to provide a result equivalent to a sum of products of sets of the input values, wherein the input values include at least a subset of the color values from the rasterizing stage and the texture values from the texture stages.