US 12,141,915 B2
Load instruction for multi sample anti-aliasing
Christopher J. Brennan, Boxborough, MA (US); Fataneh F. Ghodrat, Boxborough, MA (US); and Tien E. Wei, Boxborough, MA (US)
Assigned to Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/028,811.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/044,703, filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0407182 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G06T 1/20 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 15/50 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 15/503 (2013.01) [G06T 1/20 (2013.01); G06T 15/005 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for performing multi-sample anti-aliasing operations, the method comprising:
executing a load instruction to load, into a register, a plurality of color components including a same type of color component for each sample of a pixel, each sample having color components of different types, wherein the load instruction loads no color components other than the same type of color component; and
performing a resolve operation with the plurality of color components.