SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR TEXTURE ADDRESS OPERATIONS BASED ON COMPUTATIONS INVOLVING OTHER TEXTURES

A system, method and computer program product are provided for texture sampling in a graphics pipeline. Initially, texture information is retrieved using texture coordinates. Thereafter, the texture information is utilized to generate results. Next, the texture information and the results are utilized to generate further results. The foregoing operation may optionally be repeated, and the results outputted.