US Patent Application 18305511. FRAGMENT COMPRESSION FOR COARSE PIXEL SHADING simplified abstract

FRAGMENT COMPRESSION FOR COARSE PIXEL SHADING

Organization Name

Intel Corporation

Inventor(s)

Prasoonkumar Surti of Folsom CA (US)

Abhishek R. Appu of El Dorado Hills CA (US)

Subhajit Dasgupta of Bangalore (IN)

Srivallaba Mysore of Folsom CA (US)

Michael J. Norris of Folsom CA (US)

Vasanth Ranganathan of El Dorado Hills CA (US)

Joydeep Ray of Folsom CA (US)

FRAGMENT COMPRESSION FOR COARSE PIXEL SHADING - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18305511 titled 'FRAGMENT COMPRESSION FOR COARSE PIXEL SHADING

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a graphics processing unit (GPU) that utilizes multi-rate shading through coarse pixel shading and a post-shader pixel processing pipeline.

• The GPU includes a processing cluster responsible for performing multi-rate shading.
• Multi-rate shading involves shading coarse pixels instead of individual pixels, which improves efficiency.
• The shaded coarse pixels are then sent to a post-shader pixel processing pipeline for further processing.
• This approach allows for more efficient and faster rendering of graphics.
• The invention aims to enhance the performance and capabilities of GPUs in handling complex graphics processing tasks.

Original Abstract Submitted

One embodiment provides for a graphics processing unit comprising a processing cluster to perform multi-rate shading via coarse pixel shading and output shaded coarse pixels for processing by a post-shader pixel processing pipeline.