Patent ID: 7286128
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A system for rendering data associated with a 3-D scene description, comprising: a graphics processing unit configured to operably communicate with a communications bus, the graphics processing unit further configured to receive the 3-D scene description from the communications bus and to generate a 3-D image data set comprising at least a first 2-D data field based on the 3-D scene description, the 3-D scene description having 3-D geometrical data or 3-D volumetric data, the graphics processing unit further configured to transmit the 3-D image data set through the communication bus; and a voxel data manager operably communicating with the graphics processing unit, the voxel data manager having a voxel router and at least a first memory controller operably communicating with the voxel router, the voxel router configured to receive the 3-D image data set, the first memory controller further configured to transfer the 3-D image data set to at least a first physical destination in the memory, the first 2-D data field having at least a first 2-D tile, and the first 2-D tile having at least first and second 2-D tile fragments.