Patent ID: 8139071

Claim:
A graphics processing apparatus, comprising: a storage unit; and a reorder control unit connected to the storage unit, the reorder control unit configured to coordinate storage in the storage unit so as to convert from an initial order to a modified order, the reorder control unit configured to group vertex attributes of different types for a common vertex into at least a first group and a second group, the reorder control unit configured to identify the first group to be stored within a first common range of addresses in the storage unit, the reorder control unit configured to identify the second group to be stored within a second common range of addresses in the storage unit, the reorder control unit configured to access the storage unit such that the first group is written into the storage unit substantially in parallel, the reorder control unit configured to access the storage unit such that the second group is written into the storage unit substantially in parallel and subsequent to writing the first group into the storage unit, wherein the storage unit is configured with multiple partitions including respective ranges of addresses.