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GB2611599B - Methods and hardware logic for loading ray tracing data into a shader processing unit of a graphics processing unit - Google Patents

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GB2611599B
GB2611599B GB2204701.3A GB202204701A GB2611599B GB 2611599 B GB2611599 B GB 2611599B GB 202204701 A GB202204701 A GB 202204701A GB 2611599 B GB2611599 B GB 2611599B
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US18/126,462 US12511812B2 (en) 2022-03-31 2023-03-26 Methods and hardware logic for loading ray tracing data into a shader processing unit of a graphics processing unit
US18/126,460 US12277641B2 (en) 2022-03-31 2023-03-26 Methods and hardware logic for writing ray tracing data from a shader processing unit of a graphics processing unit
CN202310330534.XA CN116894757B (en) 2022-03-31 2023-03-30 Method and hardware logic for loading ray tracing data into a shader processing unit of a graphics processing unit
CN202310334861.2A CN116894758A (en) 2022-03-31 2023-03-30 Method and hardware logic for writing ray traced data from a shader processing unit of a graphics processing unit
EP23165849.3A EP4258217B1 (en) 2022-03-31 2023-03-31 Methods and hardware logic for writing ray tracing data from a shader processing unit of a graphics processing unit
EP23165850.1A EP4254347B1 (en) 2022-03-31 2023-03-31 Methods and hardware logic for loading ray tracing data into a shader processing unit of a graphics processing unit
US19/090,105 US20250225711A1 (en) 2022-03-31 2025-03-25 Methods and Hardware Logic for Writing Ray Tracing Data From a Shader Processing Unit of a Graphics Processing Unit

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