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US6658146B1Dec 2, 2003
Fixed-rate block-based image compression with inferred pixel values
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD86 citations97
US6236405B1May 22, 2001
System and method for mapping textures onto surfaces of computer-generated objects
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD88 citations97
US6775417B2Aug 10, 2004
Fixed-rate block-based image compression with inferred pixel values
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD43 citations96
US6683978B1Jan 27, 2004
Fixed-rate block-based image compression with inferred pixel values
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD53 citations96
US6317165B1Nov 13, 2001
System and method for selective capture of video frames
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD112 citations96
US6937250B1Aug 30, 2005
System and method for mapping textures onto surfaces of computer-generated objects
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD38 citations95
US6304268B1Oct 16, 2001
Trilinear texture filtering of two levels of detail based on a single level of detail
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD73 citations95
US7119809B1Oct 10, 2006
Parallel architecture for graphics primitive decomposition
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD58 citations94
US6828983B1Dec 7, 2004
Selective super-sampling/adaptive anti-aliasing of complex 3D data
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD50 citations94
US6476808B1Nov 5, 2002
Token-based buffer system and method for a geometry pipeline in three-dimensional graphics
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD72 citations94
US6614442B1Sep 2, 2003
Macroblock tiling format for motion compensation
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD154 citations93
US6362834B2Mar 26, 2002
Flat-panel display controller with improved dithering and frame rate control
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD39 citations93
US8908980B2Dec 9, 2014
Image codec engine
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD10 citations92
US7146486B1Dec 5, 2006
SIMD processor with scalar arithmetic logic units
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD30 citations92
US7039244B2May 2, 2006
Fixed-rate block based image compression
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD16 citations92
US6825848B1Nov 30, 2004
Synchronized two-level graphics processing cache
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD94 citations92
US6791544B1Sep 14, 2004
Shadow rendering system and method
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD20 citations92
US6291305B1Sep 18, 2001
Method for implementing resistance, capacitance and/or inductance in an integrated circuit
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD65 citations92
US6251695B1Jun 26, 2001
Multichip module packaging process for known good die burn-in
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD19 citations92
US6750872B1Jun 15, 2004
Dynamic allocation of texture cache memory
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD21 citations91
US6480198B2Nov 12, 2002
Multi-function controller and method for a computer graphics display system
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD38 citations89
US6297847B1Oct 2, 2001
Removal of interpolation artifacts in a non-interlaced video stream
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD21 citations89
US6756986B1Jun 29, 2004
Non-flushing atomic operation in a burst mode transfer data storage access environment
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD17 citations88
US6611265B1Aug 26, 2003
Multi-stage fixed cycle pipe-lined lighting equation evaluator
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD24 citations87
US6288698B1Sep 11, 2001
Apparatus and method for gray-scale and brightness display control
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD47 citations87
US7471298B1Dec 30, 2008
Fetching pixel data with reduced memory bandwidth requirement
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD33 citations86
US6353440B1Mar 5, 2002
Hardware assist for YUV data format conversion to software MPEG decoder
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD15 citations84
US7268787B2Sep 11, 2007
Dynamic allocation of texture cache memory
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD13 citations83
US6473082B1Oct 29, 2002
System and method for implementing a two-layer z-range buffer
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD15 citations83
US7095421B2Aug 22, 2006
Selective super-sampling/adaptive anti-aliasing of complex 3D data
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD12 citations82
US6411295B1Jun 25, 2002
Apparatus and method for Z-buffer compression
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD18 citations77
US6405267B1Jun 11, 2002
Command reordering for out of order bus transfer
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD16 citations76
US6590579B1Jul 8, 2003
System for low miss rate replacement of texture cache lines
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD8 citations74
US6373496B1Apr 16, 2002
Apparatus and method for texture mapping
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD10 citations74
US7801363B2Sep 21, 2010
Image CODEC engine
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD5 citations73
US7043087B2May 9, 2006
Image processing system
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD9 citations73
US6417862B1Jul 9, 2002
Device and method for blending true colors and fog colors to generate display colors
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD11 citations73
US6989837B2Jan 24, 2006
System and method for processing memory with YCbCr 4:2:0 planar video data format
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD11 citations72
US6760025B1Jul 6, 2004
Z-buffer based interpenetrating object detection for antialiazing
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD11 citations72
US6625665B1Sep 23, 2003
Command interpretation system and method
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD11 citations72
US6766281B1Jul 20, 2004
Matched texture filter design for rendering multi-rate data samples
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD9 citations71
US6268874B1Jul 31, 2001
State parser for a multi-stage graphics pipeline
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD10 citations71
US6956578B2Oct 18, 2005
Non-flushing atomic operation in a burst mode transfer data storage access environment
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD5 citations69
US7205994B2Apr 17, 2007
Synchronized two-level graphics processing cache
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD5 citations68
US7158133B2Jan 2, 2007
System and method for shadow rendering
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD3 citations63
US7079133B2Jul 18, 2006
Superscalar 3D graphics engine
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD2 citations63
US7259765B2Aug 21, 2007
Head/data scheduling in 3D graphics
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD2 citations62
US6259454B1Jul 10, 2001
Method and apparatus for interpolative, adaptive illumination in 3D graphics
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD5 citations61
US6972760B2Dec 6, 2005
Area and span based Z-buffer
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD2 citations60
US7154487B2Dec 26, 2006
Power saving palette look-up table for graphics controller
S3 GRAPHICS CO LTD2 citations56
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