The present invention relates to the architecture and use of a computer
system optimized for the efficient modeling of graphics. The computer
system has a primary processor and a graphics processor. The primary
processor has two vector processor units within it, one which is closely
connected to central processor unit. Simultaneously performing complex
modeling calculations on the first vector processor and CPU, and geometry
transformation calculations on the second vector processor, allows for
efficient modeling of graphics. Furthermore, the graphics processor is
optimized to rapidly switch between data flow from the two vector
processors. In addition, the graphics processor is able to render many
pixels simultaneously, and has a local memory on the graphics processor
chip that acts as a frame buffer, texture buffer, and z buffer. This
allows a high fill rate to the frame buffer.
