Apparatus and method for quantized convergent direction-based ray sorting
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsKAROL SZERSZEN, PRASOONKUMAR SURTI, GABOR LIKTOR, KARTHIK VAIDYANATHAN, SVEN WOOP
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for grouping rays based on quantized ray directions. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: An apparatus comprising: a ray generator to generate a plurality of rays; ray direction evaluation circuitry/logic to generate approximate ray direction data for each of the plurality of rays; ray sorting circuitry/logic to sort the rays into a plurality of ray queues based, at least in part, on the approximate ray direction data.
Claims27
An apparatus comprising:
- a ray generator to generate a plurality of rays;
- ray direction evaluation circuitry/logic to generate approximate ray direction data for each of the plurality of rays;
- and
- ray sorting circuitry/logic to sort the rays into a plurality of ray queues based, at least in part, on the approximate ray direction data.
A method comprising:
- generating a plurality of rays;
- determining approximate ray direction data for each of the plurality of rays;
- and
- sorting the rays into a plurality of ray queues based, at least in part, on the approximate ray direction data.
A machine-readable medium having program code stored thereon which, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the operations of:
- generating a plurality of rays;
- determining approximate ray direction data for each of the plurality of rays;
- and
- sorting the rays into a plurality of ray queues based, at least in part, on the approximate ray direction data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.