Method and apparatus for managing access to a computer system me

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1995-08-17

1998-12-29

Bayerl, Raymond J.

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphic processing system

Integrated circuit

345521, G06F 15167

Patent

active

058546375

ABSTRACT:
A computer system having a shared memory accessible by a memory controller and a graphics controller is described. A portion of the shared memory is selectively defined as a frame buffer. Graphics operations provided by a client device are routed through the memory controller if a frame buffer is created. If no frame buffer is created, the graphics commands are routed through the graphics controller.

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