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Tiled rendering
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<p>Tiled rendering is the process of subdividing a <a href="/facts/Computer_graphics/lapBE8wv">computer graphics</a> image by a regular <a href="/facts/Grid_(spatial_index)/BEKj8jYX">grid</a> in <a href="/facts/Optical_space/SUX7wrYh">optical space</a> and rendering each section of the grid, or <i>tile</i>, separately. The advantage to this design is that the amount of memory and bandwidth is reduced compared to <i><a href="/facts/Immediate_mode_(computer_graphics)/yA7FXopW">immediate mode</a></i> rendering systems that draw the entire frame at once. This has made tile rendering systems particularly common for low-power <a href="/facts/Handheld_device/cNS1Rhvg">handheld device</a> use. Tiled rendering is sometimes known as a "sort middle" architecture, because it performs the sorting of the geometry in the middle of the <a href="/facts/Graphics_pipeline/XnF55m31">graphics pipeline</a> instead of near the end. </p>