Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,717,576 · App. 09/377,503
Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor having advanced features
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, Shun Wai Go, Lindy Fung, Tuan D. Nguyen, Joseph P. Grass, Bo Hong, Abraham Mammen, Abbas Rashid, Albert Suan-Wei Tsay
Patented Case
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Granted: Apr 6, 2004
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
Shun Wai Go
Lindy Fung
Tuan D. Nguyen
Joseph P. Grass
Bo Hong
Abraham Mammen
Abbas Rashid
Albert Suan-Wei Tsay
Assignee (at issue)
Apple Computer Inc.
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