Patent ID: 6292200
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A computer system comprising:a plurality of rendering pipes for rendering pixels of an image, wherein each of the rendering pipes comprises a host processor having an application program issuing graphics commands, a geometry circuit coupled to the host processor for processing primitives, a rasterizer coupled to the geometry circuit for generating pixel data, a frame buffer coupled to the rasterizer which stores the pixel data, an interface coupled to the rasterizer that accepts requests from the transmission medium and outputs pixel data;a transmission medium coupling together each of the plurality of rendering pipes;a controller coupled to one of the rendering pipes which coordinates pixel information of the image between each of the plurality of rendering pipes, wherein each of the rendering pipes is capable of rendering pixels for an entire frame or portions thereof;a memory coupled to the controller for storing the pixel information;a display coupled to the memory for displaying the image.