Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,597,363 · App. 09/378,637
Graphics processor with deferred shading
Inventors:
Jerome F. Duluk, Jr., Richard E. Hessel, Vaughn T. Arnold, Jack Benkual, Joseph P. Bratt, George Cuan, Stephen L. Dodgen, Emerson S. Fang, Zhaoyu Gong, Thomas Y. Ho, Hengwei Hsu, Sidong Li, Sam Ng, Matthew Nicholas Papakipos, Jason Redgrave, Sushma S. Trivedi, Nathan Tuck
Patented Case
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Granted: Jul 22, 2003
Filed: Aug 20, 1999
Inventors
Jerome F. Duluk, Jr.
Richard E. Hessel
Vaughn T. Arnold
Jack Benkual
Joseph P. Bratt
George Cuan
Stephen L. Dodgen
Emerson S. Fang
Zhaoyu Gong
Thomas Y. Ho
Hengwei Hsu
Sidong Li
Sam Ng
Matthew Nicholas Papakipos
Jason Redgrave
Sushma S. Trivedi
Nathan Tuck
Assignee (at issue)
Apple Computer Inc.
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