Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to a device for generating image content that includes a memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to determine a dithered fractional VRS value for a core block based on a dithering factor for the core block and a fractional VRS value for the core block and determine a dithered fractional shading rate based on the dithered fractional VRS value. The processing circuitry is further configured to render the image based on the dithered fractional shading rate.

Abstract: A method of occlusion culling of graphic objects, comprising the steps of storing a first mask and one or more depth values associated with areas inside and outside the mask for a pre-defined region, and evaluating the visibility of the primitive covering the same region, wherein visibility evaluation begins after the computation of the coverage mask of the primitive in the region, and the computation of one or more depth values representing the pixels of the primitive. The method of the present invention is a real-time method of generating per-region coverage mask and associated Z values after the second primitive is rendered in the same region, which can maximize the bandwidth savings for Z read for both overlapping and non-overlapping primitives, with different relations between their depth values.