Patent
1993-11-30
1995-09-12
Powell, Mark R.
395164, G06F 1500
Patent
active
054505429
ABSTRACT:
A low-cost computer system which includes a single shared memory that can be independently accessible as graphics memory or main store system memory without performance degradation. Because the "appetite" for main system memory (unlike that of a display memory) is difficult to satisfy, the memory granularity problem can be addressed by programmably reallocating an unused portion of a display memory for system memory use. Reallocation of the unused display memory alleviates any need to oversize the display memory, yet realizes the cost effectiveness of using readily available memory sizes. Further, reallocation of the graphics memory avoids any need to separately consider both the system memory and the display memory in accommodating worst case operational requirements.
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Lehman Judson A.
Wu Shih-Ho
Krebs Robert E.
Powell Mark R.
Tung Kee M.
VLSI Technology Inc.
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