19017706. Ray Tracing System Architectures and Methods (Imagination Technologies Limited)
Ray Tracing System Architectures and Methods
Organization Name
Imagination Technologies Limited
Inventor(s)
Luke T. Peterson of San Francisco CA US
James Alexander Mccombe of San Francisco CA US
Ryan R. Salsbury of San Francisco CA US
Steven J. Clohset of San Francisco CA US
Ray Tracing System Architectures and Methods
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 19017706 titled 'Ray Tracing System Architectures and Methods
Original Abstract Submitted
Aspects comprise systems implementing 3-D graphics processing functionality in a multiprocessing system. Control flow structures are used in scheduling instances of computation in the multiprocessing system, where different points in the control flow structure serve as points where deferral of some instances of computation can be performed in favor of scheduling other instances of computation. In some examples, the control flow structure identifies particular tasks, such as intersection testing of a particular portion of an acceleration structure, and a particular element of shading code. In some examples, the aspects are used in 3-D graphics processing systems that can perform ray tracing based rendering.