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    A z-buffer, also known as a depth buffer, is a type of data buffer used in computer graphics to store depth information of a Fragments. The values stored...
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    This would cause them to have near-similar or identical values in the z-buffer, which keeps track of depth. This then means that when a specific pixel...
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    a Z-buffer for a complex scene. Consequently, in contemporary interactive graphics applications, the Z-buffer has become ubiquitous. The Z-buffer allows...
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    A stencil buffer is an extra data buffer, in addition to the color buffer and Z-buffer, found on modern graphics hardware. The buffer is per pixel and...
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    of three mechanisms: Z compression The Z-buffer is stored in a lossless compressed format to minimize the Z-Buffer bandwidth as Z read or writes are taking...
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  • irregular Z-buffer is an algorithm designed to solve the visibility problem in real-time 3-d computer graphics. It is related to the classical Z-buffer in that...
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  • high-impedance (Hi-Z) state. In the Hi-Z state, the output of the buffer is effectively disconnected from the subsequent circuit. Tri-state buffers are commonly...
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    against the Z-buffer. The Z-buffer algorithm can suffer from artifacts due to precision errors (also known as Z-fighting). Coverage buffers (C-buffer) and surface...
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  • resolution many times over the Z-buffer, with a moderate increase in cost. The A-buffer method is a descendant of the well known Z-buffer, which provides good quality...
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    The term is related (and may be analogous) to depth buffer, Z-buffer, Z-buffering, and Z-depth. The "Z" in these latter terms relates to a convention that...
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  • graphics, Z-order was applied on a per-polygon basis to avoid using Z-buffer, which was considered expensive at the time. In modern 3D graphics, Z-order is...
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  • a set of vertices in a plane. Depth buffer A bitmap image holding depth values (either a Z buffer or a W buffer), used for visible surface determination...
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  • double-buffered, depth buffered, RGB layout. When double-buffering isn't required, it is possible to run in full 24-bit color. Similarly, when Z-buffering is...
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    read/write) Pixel configuration: RGB:alpha, 24:8, 15:1; 16-, 24-, or 32-bit Z-buffer Display color depth: 32-bit (RGBA: 8 bits each) Pixel/Texel pipelines:...
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  • objects), and on the other hand to scale the Z values to the range 0..1, for filling the Z-buffer. This buffer often has only a resolution of 16 bits, which...
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    shape if that shape's z value is lower (indicating closer to the camera) than the z value currently in the buffer. The z-buffer requires additional memory...
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    of on-chip 1T-SRAM (2 MB Z-buffer/framebuffer + 1 MB texture cache) with ~18 GB/s total bandwidth Embedded 24-bit Z-buffer/framebuffer RAM: 2 MB (4×...
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  • peeling works by rendering the image multiple times. Depth peeling uses two Z buffers, one that works conventionally, and one that is not modified, and sets...
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  • painter's algorithm is sometimes employed. As Z-buffer implementations generally rely on fixed-precision depth-buffer registers implemented in hardware, there...
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    break up the repetitive monotony of the endless sewer pipes. A flat plane z-buffer was created for the game; because the water surfaces and mud in the jungle...
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  • Shadow volume (redirect from Z-pass)
    ) Depth pass testing is also known as z-pass testing, as the depth buffer is often referred to as the z-buffer. Around the year 2000, several people discovered...
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    transparency within the algorithm, although this problem is a generic one in Z-buffered scenes and it tends to be handled by delaying and sorting the rendering...
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    TIFF, and DICOM. Graphical output is handled by X11, PostScript, SVG, or z-buffer terminals, the last one allowing output graphics (plots) to be saved in...
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    MIP-mapping, Z-buffering, alpha-blending and fogging enabled). 3 million fully featured triangles/sec (Filtered, LOD MIP-mapped, Z-buffered, alpha-blended...
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    science, a circular buffer, circular queue, cyclic buffer or ring buffer is a data structure that uses a single, fixed-size buffer as if it were connected...
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  • that reduce overdraw, conserve memory bandwidth by compressing the z-buffer (depth buffer) and better manage interaction with the DRAM. Other architectural...
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    a pixel is visible from the light source, by comparing the pixel to a z-buffer or depth image of the light source's view, stored in the form of a texture...
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  • Safety stock (redirect from Buffer stock)
    expected number of units out of stock during an order cycle is given by σL(z). Buffer stock scheme Service level Reorder point King, Peter. "Crack the Code:...
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  • Warnock algorithm Wire-frame model Xiaolin Wu's line algorithm Z-buffering Z-fighting Z-order Z-order curve List of combinatorial computational geometry topics...
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    XS-Z adds the ZB-4 Z buffer; the XS-24 adds two VM2 modules and offers 24 color bits and 32 bits including brightness; and the XS-24Z adds a Z buffer. The...
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