Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Patent
1996-05-08
1997-08-19
Kim, Matthew M.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
345185, G06F 1200
Patent
active
056597150
ABSTRACT:
A low-cost, moderate performance small computer system is provided by allowing a single sharable block of memory to be independently accessible as graphics or main store memory. Allocation of the memory is selected programmably, eliminating the need to have the maximum memory size for each block simultaneously. Performance penalties are minimized by dynamically allocating the memory bandwidth on demand rather than through fixed time slices. A reallocatable memory subsystem enables transparent transfer of memory function of a lower-performance memory such as DRAM to occur in conjunction with a memory upgrade to a higher-performance memory such as VRAM, for example.
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Nakahara Mike
Rhoden William Desi
Wu Shih-Ho
Kim Matthew M.
VLSI Technology Inc.
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