Register based queuing for texture requests

Details Register based queuing for texture requests Register based queuing for texture requests

2011-01-04

2011-01-04

Sajous, Wesner (Department: 2628)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphics display memory system

Register

C345S501000, C345S522000, C345S564000, C345S574000, C382S305000, C711S100000, C711S125000, C711S002000, C365S230010

Reexamination Certificate

active

07864185

ABSTRACT:
A graphics processing unit can queue a large number of texture requests to balance out the variability of texture requests without the need for a large texture request buffer. A dedicated texture request buffer queues the relatively small texture commands and parameters. Additionally, for each queued texture command, an associated set of texture arguments, which are typically much larger than the texture command, are stored in a general purpose register. The texture unit retrieves texture commands from the texture request buffer and then fetches the associated texture arguments from the appropriate general purpose register. The texture arguments may be stored in the general purpose register designated as the destination of the final texture value computed by the texture unit. Because the destination register must be allocated for the final texture value as texture commands are queued, storing the texture arguments in this register does not consume any additional registers.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5034887 (1991-07-01), Yasui et al.
patent: 5301295 (1994-04-01), Leary et al.
patent: 5706466 (1998-01-01), Dockser
patent: 5793386 (1998-08-01), Larson et al.
patent: 6483516 (2002-11-01), Tischler
patent: 7027062 (2006-04-01), Lindholm et al.
patent: 7339590 (2008-03-01), Moskal et al.
patent: 7456835 (2008-11-01), Lindholm et al.
patent: 2002/0184465 (2002-12-01), Grosbach et al.
patent: 2003/0187911 (2003-10-01), Abd-El-Malek et al.
patent: 2004/0044874 (2004-03-01), Leach et al.
patent: 2004/0227763 (2004-11-01), Wichman et al.
patent: 2005800098687 (2009-05-01), None
patent: WO 96-11443 (1996-04-01), None
Muller, Alexander, “Der Stack Frame” Online 2003, pp. 1-5, XP002328991 retrieved from the internet: URL:http://www.a-m-l.de/tips/stack/stack.php retrieved on May 20, 2005.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Register based queuing for texture requests does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Register based queuing for texture requests, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Register based queuing for texture requests will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2685280