Two-pass cache tile processing for visibility testing in a tile-based architecture

One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a graphics processing system. The graphics processing system includes a screen-space pipeline and a tiling unit. The screen-space pipeline is configured to perform visibility testing and fragment shading. The tiling unit is configured to determine t...

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Hauptverfasser:	Duluk, Jr., Jerome F, Hakura, Ziyad S
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ADVERTISING ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICESUSING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING CRYPTOGRAPHY DISPLAY EDUCATION ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL PHYSICS SEALS
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Zusammenfassung:	One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a graphics processing system. The graphics processing system includes a screen-space pipeline and a tiling unit. The screen-space pipeline is configured to perform visibility testing and fragment shading. The tiling unit is configured to determine that a first set of primitives overlaps a first cache tile. The tiling unit is also configured to first transmit the first set of primitives to the screen-space pipeline with a command configured to cause the screen-space pipeline to process the first set of primitives in a z-only mode, and then transmit the first set of primitives to the screen-space pipeline with a command configured to cause the screen-space pipeline to process the first set of primitives in a normal mode. In the z-only mode, at least some fragment shading operations are disabled in the screen-space pipeline. In the normal mode, fragment shading operations are enabled.