Inventor
HESSEL RICHARD E
US24 patents
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APPLE COMPUTER
16 patentsUS6693639B2Feb 17, 2004
Graphics processor with pipeline state storage and retrieval
APPLE COMPUTER76 citations99
US6552723B1Apr 22, 2003
System, apparatus and method for spatially sorting image data in a three-dimensional graphics pipeline
APPLE COMPUTER110 citations99
US6525737B1Feb 25, 2003
Graphics processor with pipeline state storage and retrieval
APPLE COMPUTER170 citations99
US6476807B1Nov 5, 2002
Method and apparatus for performing conservative hidden surface removal in a graphics processor with deferred shading
APPLE COMPUTER127 citations99
US7167181B2Jan 23, 2007
Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor having advanced features
APPLE COMPUTER121 citations98
US6717576B1Apr 6, 2004
Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor having advanced features
APPLE COMPUTER297 citations98
US6614444B1Sep 2, 2003
Apparatus and method for fragment operations in a 3D-graphics pipeline
APPLE COMPUTER211 citations98
US6597363B1Jul 22, 2003
Graphics processor with deferred shading
APPLE COMPUTER322 citations98
US6288730B1Sep 11, 2001
Method and apparatus for generating texture
APPLE COMPUTER190 citations98
US6268875B1Jul 31, 2001
Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor
APPLE COMPUTER119 citations98
US6229553B1May 8, 2001
Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor
APPLE COMPUTER203 citations98
US6771264B1Aug 3, 2004
Method and apparatus for performing tangent space lighting and bump mapping in a deferred shading graphics processor
APPLE COMPUTER111 citations97
US6577305B1Jun 10, 2003
Apparatus and method for performing setup operations in a 3-D graphics pipeline using unified primitive descriptors
APPLE COMPUTER64 citations97
US6577317B1Jun 10, 2003
Apparatus and method for geometry operations in a 3D-graphics pipeline
APPLE COMPUTER154 citations97
US6664959B2Dec 16, 2003
Method and apparatus for culling in a graphics processor with deferred shading
APPLE COMPUTER45 citations96
US7164426B1Jan 16, 2007
Method and apparatus for generating texture
APPLE COMPUTER22 citations92
CRAY RESEARCH INC
3 patentsUS5381536AJan 10, 1995
Method and apparatus for separate mark and wait instructions for processors having multiple memory ports
CRAY RESEARCH INC80 citations96
US5524255AJun 4, 1996
Method and apparatus for accessing global registers in a multiprocessor system
CRAY RESEARCH INC20 citations92
US5499356AMar 12, 1996
Method and apparatus for a multiprocessor resource lockout instruction
CRAY RESEARCH INC42 citations92
SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD
2 patentsUS5179702AJan 12, 1993
System and method for controlling a highly parallel multiprocessor using an anarchy based scheduler for parallel execution thread scheduling
SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD637 citations97
US5165038ANov 17, 1992
Global registers for a multiprocessor system
SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD26 citations92