Buffering unit to support graphics processing operations

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2011-08-16

2011-08-16

Wu, Xiao (Department: 2628)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphics display memory system

Reexamination Certificate

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07999817

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for buffering graphics data are described. In one embodiment, a graphics processing apparatus includes a memory and a buffering unit that is connected to the memory. The buffering unit is configured to buffer vertex attributes en route to the memory. The buffering unit is configured to coalesce a subset of the vertex attributes to be stored within a common range of addresses in the memory, and the buffering unit is configured to issue a single write request to the memory on behalf of the subset of the vertex attributes.

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