US 12,148,084 B2
Graphics processing units and methods for controlling rendering complexity using cost indications for sets of tiles of a rendering space
John W. Howson, St. Albans (GB); Richard Broadhurst, Hertfordshire (GB); and Steven Fishwick, Kings Langley (GB)
Assigned to Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley (GB)
Filed by Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley (GB)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/222,968.
Application 18/222,968 is a continuation of application No. 17/735,932, filed on May 3, 2022, granted, now 11,710,268, issued on Jul. 25, 2023.
Application 17/735,932 is a continuation of application No. 17/111,317, filed on Dec. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,348,302, issued on May 31, 2022.
Application 17/111,317 is a continuation of application No. 16/774,770, filed on Jan. 28, 2020, granted, now 10,885,696, issued on Jan. 5, 2021.
Application 16/774,770 is a continuation of application No. 15/868,556, filed on Jan. 11, 2018, granted, now 10,565,772, issued on Feb. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1700565 (GB), filed on Jan. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0360306 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 11/40 (2006.01); G06T 15/04 (2011.01); G06T 15/06 (2011.01); G06T 15/40 (2011.01); G06T 15/80 (2011.01); G06T 17/10 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01)
CPC G06T 15/005 (2013.01) [G06T 11/40 (2013.01); G06T 15/04 (2013.01); G06T 15/06 (2013.01); G06T 15/40 (2013.01); G06T 15/80 (2013.01); G06T 17/10 (2013.01); G06F 9/38 (2013.01); G06T 2200/28 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer readable dataset description of an integrated circuit that, when processed, causes a layout processing system to generate a circuit layout description used in an integrated circuit manufacturing system to manufacture a graphics processing unit configured to process graphics data using a region of a rendering space, the graphics processing unit comprising:
rendering logic configured to render geometry in the region of the rendering space using a rendering function which is controlled in dependence on a cost indication for the region, wherein the cost indication is determined by cost indication logic and is suggestive of a cost of rendering the region.