Nvidia Corporation

Ralf Biermann

Ian M Williams

Dat T Nguyen

Jeffrey Chandler Doughty

Satish D Salian

Fred D Nicklisch

Kenneth Leon Adams, Jr

Andrew B Ritger

Jeffrey A Bolz

Ross Cunniff

Barthold B Lichtenbelt

Jeffrey F Juliano

A method and apparatus for distributing the workload of rendering an image where texture mapping is involved among multiple graphics processing units (GPUs) are provided. The method generally entails dividing a texture map among multiple GPUs, performing texture mapping in each GPU to render image data in each GPU's frame buffer, combining the image data from each frame buffer, and scanning out the combined image to a display.

Distributed rendering of texture data

A method for synchronizing two of more graphics processing units. The method includes the steps of determining whether the phase of a first timing signal of a first graphics processing unit and the phase of a second timing signal of a second graphics processing unit are synchronized, and adjusting the frequency of the first timing signal to the frequency of the second timing signal if the first timing signal and the second timing signal are not synchronized.

Method for synchronizing graphics processing units

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Aachen, Germany

Ralf Biermann