While looking over the Siggraph 2001 presentations

[ben6]

I know I posted it in the old forums last year but it's still relevant as Microsoft will include high level shading in DX9 I believe. I wonder what they're working on now?

http://graphics.stanford.edu/projects/shading/

 

[Lessard]

What is a fragment ? a set of pixel (or a pixel) ? but more precisely please ?

 

[duffer]

A fragment is basicly a pixel. It's an OpenGL term.