Technique for filling a region of memory using multiple region fill processors
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRoy Troutman, Calvin Selig
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Abstract
A technique for filling a memory area that represents a rectangle. The rectangle or a first section thereof may be divided into i+j horizontal subsections. The i horizontal subsections may be filled in a first pass using i region fill processors. And the j horizontal subsections may be filled in a second pass using j region fill processors. A second section of the rectangle may be filled by dividing the second section into n vertical subsections having equal width and filling the n vertical subsections using n region fill processors.
Claims44
A method of filling a memory area representing a rectangle, comprising:
- dividing at least a first section of the rectangle into i+j horizontal subsections;
- filling the i horizontal subsections in a first pass using i region fill processors;
- and
- filling the j horizontal subsections in a second pass using j region fill processors.
Program code embodied in a computer-readable storage or transmission medium that, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform a method of filling a memory area representing a rectangle, the method comprising:
- dividing at least a first section of the rectangle into i+j horizontal subsections;
- filling the i horizontal subsections in a first pass using i region fill processors;
- and
- filling the j horizontal subsections in a second pass using j region fill processors.
Apparatus for filling a memory area representing a rectangle, comprising:
- logic for dividing at least a first section of the rectangle into i+j horizontal subsections;
- logic for filling the i horizontal subsections in a first pass using i region fill processors;
- and
- logic for filling the j horizontal subsections in a second pass using j region fill processors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.