Abstract: A graphics system includes triangle-engine for real-time rendering into a displayable frame-buffer of image data derived from vertex-based deferred instructions. The system uses homogeneity values (1/w values) for z-buffer-like occlusion mapping as well as for texture mapping. Depth resolution is enhanced for both occlusion mapping and texture mapping by representing (1/w), (u/w) and (v/w) values in a block-fixed format.

Abstract: Lists of candidate faults within an integrated circuit are generated, for the purpose of fault diagnosis, by performing a partial intersection of fault lists output from a full-scan test such as a JTAG test. The fault lists represent all candidate faults which may be responsible for producing a mismatched bit between an output test vector and an expected test vector provided by the full-scan test. The partial intersection is performed by first determining the number of occurrences of each candidate fault within all lists associated with each mismatched bit. Then, only faults which occur at least a pre-selected number of times are selected. In this manner, lists of candidate faulty gates are generated based on the relative degree of intersection between fault sets.