A programmable, pipelined graphics processor (e.g., a vertex processor) having at least two processing pipelines, a graphics processing system including such a processor, and a pipelined graphics data processing method allowing parallel processing and also handling branching instructions and preventing...http://www.google.de/patents/US6947047?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6947047 - Method and system for programmable pipelined graphics processing with branching instructions
