Inventor
MALACHOWSKY CHRIS
US27 patents
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC
25 patentsUS4908780AMar 13, 1990
Anti-aliasing raster operations utilizing sub-pixel crossing information to control pixel shading
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC171 citations98
US5543824AAug 6, 1996
Apparatus for selecting frame buffers for display in a double buffered display system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC123 citations97
US5127098AJun 30, 1992
Method and apparatus for the context switching of devices
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC150 citations97
US5159665AOct 27, 1992
Graphics accelerator system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC65 citations96
US4956801ASep 11, 1990
Matrix arithmetic circuit for processing matrix transformation operations
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC70 citations96
US5742788AApr 21, 1998
Method and apparatus for providing a configurable display memory for single buffered and double buffered application programs to be run singly or simultaneously
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC88 citations95
US5577232ANov 19, 1996
Method and apparatus for allowing computer circuitry to function with updated versions of computer software
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC70 citations95
US5070443ADec 3, 1991
Apparatus for write handshake in high-speed asynchronous bus interface
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC39 citations93
US5287487AFeb 15, 1994
Predictive caching method and apparatus for generating a predicted address for a frame buffer
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC40 citations92
US5237650AAug 17, 1993
Method and apparatus for spatial anti-aliased depth cueing
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC33 citations92
US5297240AMar 22, 1994
Hardware implementation of clipping and intercoordinate comparison logic
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC8 citations74
US5157764AOct 20, 1992
Apparatus and method for using a test window in a graphics subsystem which incorporates hardware to perform clipping of images
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC12 citations74
US5128872AJul 7, 1992
Method and apparatus for determining line positions for display and manipulation by a computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC11 citations74
US5117485AMay 26, 1992
Method and apparatus for sorting line segments for display and manipulation by a computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC7 citations74
US5079696AJan 7, 1992
Apparatus for read handshake in high-speed asynchronous bus interface
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC18 citations74
US5079545AJan 7, 1992
Apparatus and method for processing graphical information to minimize page crossings and eliminate processing of information outside a predetermined clip window
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC17 citations74
US5038309AAug 6, 1991
Number conversion apparatus
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC12 citations74
US5020002AMay 28, 1991
Method and apparatus for decomposing a quadrilateral figure for display and manipulation by a computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC8 citations74
US5129065AJul 7, 1992
Apparatus and methods for interface register handshake for controlling devices
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC16 citations73
US4958146ASep 18, 1990
Multiplexor implementation for raster operations including foreground and background colors
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC13 citations73
US5504855AApr 2, 1996
Method and apparatus for providing fast multi-color storage in a frame buffer
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC11 citations71
US5654742AAug 5, 1997
Method and apparatus for providing operations affecting a frame buffer without a row address strobe cycle
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC13 citations70
US5142668AAug 25, 1992
Apparatus and method for loading coordinate registers for use with a graphics subsystem utilizing an index register
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC6 citations63
US4945497AJul 31, 1990
Method and apparatus for translating rectilinear information into scan line information for display by a computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC5 citations63
US5274755ADec 28, 1993
Hardware implementation for providing raster offsets in a graphics subsystem with windowing
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC1 citations52