Multi-mode parallel graphics rendering system employing...

Details Multi-mode parallel graphics rendering system employing... Multi-mode parallel graphics rendering system employing...

2007-01-18

2011-12-27

Wang, Andrew (Department: 2628)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Computer graphic processing system

Plural graphics processors

C345S501000, C345S502000, C345S503000, C345S504000, C345S506000, C382S304000, C718S102000, C718S103000, C718S104000, C718S105000, C718S108000, C712S032000, C712S033000, C712S034000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08085273

ABSTRACT:
A multi-mode parallel 3-D graphics system having multiple graphics processing pipelines with multiple GPUs supporting a parallel graphics rendering process having time, frame and object division modes of operation, wherein each GPU comprises video memory, a geometry processing subsystem and a pixel processing subsystem, and wherein 3D scene profiling is performed in real-time, and the parallelization state/modes of the system are dynamically controlled to meet graphics application requirements. The multiple modes of parallel graphics rendering use real-time graphics application profiling, and dynamic control over time-division, frame-division, and object-division modes of parallel operation, within the same parallel graphics platform, which can be realized on PC-based computing system architectures.

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