Controlling coarse pixel size from a stencil buffer

An apparatus comprising:

• a substrate;
• and
• logic coupled to the substrate, wherein the logic is implemented in one or more of configurable logic or fixed-functionality hardware logic, the logic coupled to the substrate to:
• identify a first level of detail for a scene,
• determine a first 2D texture value based on the first level of detail, wherein the first 2D texture value corresponds to a first pixel size,
• apply the first 2D texture value to a 2D texture memory to store the first 2D texture value in the 2D texture memory,
• identify a second level of detail for the scene, and
• determine a second 2D texture value based on the second level of detail, wherein the second 2D texture value is to correspond to a second pixel size,
• wherein the first level of detail is to be greater than the second level of detail, and
• further wherein the first pixel size is to be smaller than the second pixel size.

A method comprising:

• identifying, with a processor, a first level of detail for a scene;
• determining, with the processor, a first 2D texture value based on the first level of detail, wherein the first 2D texture value corresponds to a first pixel size;
• applying, with the processor, the first 2D texture value to a 2D texture memory to store the first 2D texture value in the 2D texture memory;
• identifying, with the processor, a second level of detail for the scene;
• and
• determining, with the processor, a second 2D texture value based on the second level of detail, wherein the second 2D texture value is to correspond to a second pixel size;
• wherein the first level of detail is to be greater than the second level of detail, and
• further wherein the first pixel size is to be smaller than the second pixel size.

At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to:

• identify a first level of detail for a scene;
• determine a first 2D texture value based on the first level of detail, wherein the first 2D texture value corresponds to a first pixel size;
• apply the first 2D texture value to a 2D texture memory to store the first 2D texture value in the 2D texture memory;
• identify a second level of detail for the scene;
• and
• determine a second 2D texture value based on the second level of detail, wherein the second 2D texture value is to correspond to a second pixel size;
• wherein the first level of detail is to be greater than the second level of detail;
• and
• further wherein the first pixel size is to be smaller than the second pixel size.