Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jeongjoon Yoo

Soojung Ryu

Jaedon Lee

Seokyoon Jung

Sundeep Krishnadasan

John Wakefield Brothers

Jungkeun Park

Krishnadasan Sundeep

Keunsoo Yim

Wonjong Lee

Sangoak Woo

Donghoon Yoo

Yoonseo Choi

A graphics processing unit (GPU) configured to process a neural network is provided. The GPU includes: a graphics core configured to execute a plurality of kernels; and a delegator connecting an input and an output of the plurality of kernels based on dependency between the plurality of kernels, and configured to output an event indicating a result of a neural network process.

Graphics processing unit including delegator and operating method thereof

A method of rendering at least one of paths forming an object includes setting an initial value to each of tiles included in a frame based on a position and a proceeding direction of the at least one of paths, calculating a winding number of each of the tiles through which the at least one of paths passes, among the tiles included in the frame, based on the set initial value, and determining whether to perform shading based on the set initial value and the calculated winding number.

Method and apparatus for performing tile-based path rendering

A method of performing path stroking includes determining whether or not aliasing based on a primitive included in a path will occur using data about the path, generating a texture to be used for performing path stroking based on a result of the determining, and mapping the texture along an edge of the primitive.

Method and apparatus for performing path stroking

A method and apparatus to perform tile binning for tile-based rendering include obtaining information about paths defining an object to be rendered. The method classifies one of the paths into a first group and another of the paths into a second group based on shapes of the paths, and performs the tile binning based on the classification.

Method and apparatus for performing tile binning for path rendering

A method of rendering an object including a path formed by a primitive includes: generating a tree corresponding to spaces partitioned by the primitive; selecting a pixel from the partitioned spaces; and acquiring a winding number of the selected pixel by detecting the tree.

Method and apparatus for performing path rendering

A method and apparatus of performing tile-based rendering is provided. The method of performing tile-based rendering includes calculating parameters related to a Bezier curve included in an object, by using geometric information of the object, classifying tiles included in a frame based on the parameters, and performing the tile-based rendering based on the classifying of the tiles.

Method and apparatus for tile-based rendering

A method and corresponding apparatus to perform path rendering include selecting a pixel through which a path passes from among pixels included in a frame, using geometric information of the pixels in the frame. The method and corresponding apparatus include setting sub-samples for the selected pixel, and calculating a winding number of the selected pixel using the sub-samples.

Method and apparatus for performing anti-aliasing in path rendering

A method of performing path rendering, includes acquiring information of vertexes in an object to be rendered in a frame, and calculating a winding number of a pixel in the frame, based on a relationship between a position of the pixel and a proceeding direction of a path connecting the vertexes. The method further includes determining whether to assign a color to the pixel, based on the winding number.

A method to render an object including a path includes: determining a split line to split a frame; allocating information about the path to a first tile through which the path passes and to a second tile located between the first tile and the split line, among tiles included in the frame; and determining respective winding numbers for the first tile and the second tile, based on information about the allocated path.

Method of rendering object including path and rendering apparatus for performing path rendering

A method of performing path rendering includes selecting a tile including a path from tiles in a frame based on tile bin data, splitting the selected tile into a plurality of first sub-tiles, selecting a first sub-tile that does not include the path from the plurality of first sub-tiles, and updating an initial winding number of the selected first sub-tile. The tile bin data includes an initial winding number of each of the tiles in the frame.

A curve rendering method includes calculating a step size based on a length of a straight line connecting a start point and an end point among control points of a curve to be rendered, and calculating initial values of a forward differencing algorithm (FDA) based on the calculated step size and coefficient values of an equation of the curve that is determined based on the control points. The method further includes generating an FDA table based on the initial values, and calculating a coordinate value of a pixel based on the FDA table.

Curve rendering method and apparatus

A data storage system and a data storing method for the data storage system are provided. The data storage system includes a host unit, a storage unit, and a first input/output bus functioning as an interface between the host unit and the storage unit. The storage unit includes a non-volatile memory buffer unit and a flash memory unit. The non-volatile memory buffer unit includes a plurality of buffers arranged in parallel. The flash memory unit includes a plurality of data storage devices arranged in parallel to input and output data using a parallel method. In the method, a writing request is first classified into one of a plurality of grades according to a writing request frequency when there is a writing request and the writing requested data is stored in one of the non-volatile memory buffer unit and the flash memory unit according to the writing request frequency.

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Jeongjoon Yoo