Patents by Inventor Sekhar Nori

Sekhar Nori has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for a general instruction raster stage that generates programmable pixel packets
    Patent number: 7190366
    Abstract: A method and system for a general instruction capable raster stage that generates flexible pixel packets is disclosed. In one embodiment, the rasterizing of a geometric primitive comprising a plurality of vertices wherein each vertex comprises a respective color value, is performed by a rasterization module of a graphics pipeline. The rasterizing includes a plurality of programmable interpolators for computing pixel parameters for pixels of a geometric primitive. The rasterizing module further includes a memory for storing a first instruction associated with a first programmable interpolator for indicating a first parameter on which said first programmable interpolator is to operate and for indicating a first portion of a pixel packet in which to store its results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Edward A. Hutchins, Sekhar Nori
  • Method and system for a general instruction raster stage that generates programmable pixel packets
    Publication number: 20050275657
    Abstract: A method and system for a general instruction capable raster stage that generates flexible pixel packets is disclosed. In one embodiment, the rasterizing of a geometric primitive comprising a plurality of vertices wherein each vertex comprises a respective color value, is performed by a rasterization module of a graphics pipeline. The rasterizing includes a plurality of programmable interpolators for computing pixel parameters for pixels of a geometric primitive. The rasterizing module further includes a memory for storing a first instruction associated with a first programmable interpolator for indicating a first parameter on which said first programmable interpolator is to operate and for indicating a first portion of a pixel packet in which to store its results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Edward Hutchins, Sekhar Nori