Patent ID: 7199799

Claim:
A method of performing graphics processing, comprising: assigning pixels as either even pixels or odd pixels; for each pixel, generating at least two rows of pixel packets with each row assigned to be processed in a pre-selected order on different clock cycles with respect to the other rows associated with the same pixel to form at least two rows of pixel packets for each even pixel and at least two rows of pixel packets for each odd pixel, each pixel packet including at least one field for a subset of pixel attributes to be processed as operands in a sequence of scalar arithmetic operations selected to implement a graphics processing operation; interleaving said at least two rows of pixel packets of an even pixel with said at least two rows of pixel packets of an odd pixel into a group of interleaved rows of pixel packets wherein each row of pixel packets in said group is assigned for processing in successive clock cycles; processing said group of interleaved rows of pixel packets to perform said graphics processing operations on said even pixel and said odd pixel of said group; and displaying said processed even and odd pixels.