# A Trip through the Graphics Pipeline

## A Trip through the Graphics Pipeline

- [Introduction](https://alaingalvan.gitbook.io/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline/master.md)
- [The Software Stack](https://alaingalvan.gitbook.io/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline/chapter1-software-stack.md)
- [GPU Memory Architecture and the Command Processor](https://alaingalvan.gitbook.io/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline/chapter2-gpu-architecture.md)
- [3D Pipeline Overview / Vertex Processing](https://alaingalvan.gitbook.io/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline/chapter3-pipeline-overview.md)
- [Texture Samplers](https://alaingalvan.gitbook.io/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline/chapter4-texture-samplers.md)
- [Primitive Assembly, Clip/Cull, Projection, and Viewport Transform](https://alaingalvan.gitbook.io/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline/chapter5-primitive-assembly.md)
- [(Triangle) Rasterization and Setup](https://alaingalvan.gitbook.io/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline/chapter6-triangle-rasterization.md)
- [Z/Stencil Processing, 3 Different Ways](https://alaingalvan.gitbook.io/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline/chapter7-zstencil-processing.md)
- [Pixel Processing - Fork Phase](https://alaingalvan.gitbook.io/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline/chapter8-pixel-processing-fork.md)
- [Pixel Processing - Join Phase](https://alaingalvan.gitbook.io/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline/chapter9-pixel-processing-join.md)
- [Geometry Shaders](https://alaingalvan.gitbook.io/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline/chapter10-geometry-shaders.md)
- [Stream-Out](https://alaingalvan.gitbook.io/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline/chapter11-stream-out.md)
- [Tessellation](https://alaingalvan.gitbook.io/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline/chapter12-tessellation.md)
- [Compute Shaders](https://alaingalvan.gitbook.io/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline/chapter13-compute-shaders.md)


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