Block linear memory ordering of texture data

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8436868
APP PUB NO 20110169850A1
SERIAL NO

13073020

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

A method of organizing memory for storage of texture data, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, includes accessing a size of a mipmap level of a texture map. A block dimension may be determined based on the size the mipmap level. A memory space (e.g., computer-readable medium) may be logically divided into a plurality of whole number of blocks of variable dimension. The dimension of the blocks is measured in units of gobs and each gob is of a fixed dimension of bytes. A mipmap level of a texture map may be stored in the memory space. A texel coordinate of said mipmap level may be converted into a byte address of the memory space by determining a gob address of a gob in which the texel coordinate resides and determining a byte address within the particular gob.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
NVIDIA CORPORATIONSANTA CLARA CA

International Classification(s)

  • [Classification Symbol]
  • [Patents Count]

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Abdalla, Karim M Menlo Park, US 28 436
Donovan, Walter E Saratoga, US 62 878
Kilgariff, Emmett M San Jose, US 70 1524
McCormack, Joel J Boulder, US 16 639

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation