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=APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QUANTIZED CONVERGENT DIRECTION-BASED RAY SORTING=


==Organization Name==

[[:Category:intel corporation|intel corporation]]


[[Category:intel corporation]]

==Inventor(s)==

[[:Category:Karol Szerszen of Hillsboro CA (US)|Karol Szerszen of Hillsboro CA (US)]][[Category:Karol Szerszen of Hillsboro CA (US)]]

[[:Category:Prasoonkumar Surti of Folsom CA (US)|Prasoonkumar Surti of Folsom CA (US)]][[Category:Prasoonkumar Surti of Folsom CA (US)]]

[[:Category:Gabor Liktor of San Francisco CA (US)|Gabor Liktor of San Francisco CA (US)]][[Category:Gabor Liktor of San Francisco CA (US)]]

[[:Category:Karthik Vaidyanathan of San Francisco CA (US)|Karthik Vaidyanathan of San Francisco CA (US)]][[Category:Karthik Vaidyanathan of San Francisco CA (US)]]

[[:Category:Sven Woop of Voelklingen (DE)|Sven Woop of Voelklingen (DE)]][[Category:Sven Woop of Voelklingen (DE)]]

==APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QUANTIZED CONVERGENT DIRECTION-BASED RAY SORTING - A simplified explanation of the abstract==


This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240104825 titled 'APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QUANTIZED CONVERGENT DIRECTION-BASED RAY SORTING

==Simplified Explanation==

The patent application describes an apparatus and method for grouping rays based on quantized ray directions. The apparatus includes a ray generator, ray direction evaluation circuitry/logic, and ray sorting circuitry/logic to sort rays into different queues based on their approximate direction data.

* Ray generator to create multiple rays
* Ray direction evaluation circuitry/logic to determine approximate ray direction data for each ray
* Ray sorting circuitry/logic to categorize rays into different queues based on their direction data

== Potential Applications ==
This technology could be applied in:
* Ray tracing for computer graphics
* Beamforming in wireless communication systems

== Problems Solved ==
This technology helps in:
* Efficiently organizing rays for processing
* Improving performance in ray-based applications

== Benefits ==
The benefits of this technology include:
* Faster ray processing
* Enhanced accuracy in ray-based calculations

== Potential Commercial Applications ==
Potential commercial applications include:
* Gaming industry for realistic graphics
* Telecommunications industry for improved signal processing

== Possible Prior Art ==
One possible prior art could be:
* Existing ray tracing algorithms for computer graphics

== Unanswered Questions ==
1. How does this technology handle complex ray interactions?
2. What is the computational overhead of sorting rays into different queues based on their direction data?


==Original Abstract Submitted==

apparatus and method for grouping rays based on quantized ray directions. for example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: an apparatus comprising: a ray generator to generate a plurality of rays; ray direction evaluation circuitry/logic to generate approximate ray direction data for each of the plurality of rays; ray sorting circuitry/logic to sort the rays into a plurality of ray queues based, at least in part, on the approximate ray direction data.



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