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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2017
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Alexander Galazin, Trondheim, NO;
Jörg Wagner, Trondheim, NO;
Andreas Due Engh-Halstvedt, Trondheim, NO;
Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A graphics processing system groups plural initial pilot shader programs into a set of initial pilot shader programs and associates the set of initial pilot shader programs with a set of indexes. The initial pilot shader programs each contain constant program expressions to be executed on behalf of an original shader program. The index for an initial pilot shader program is then used to obtain the instructions contained in the initial pilot shader program for executing the constant program expressions of the initial pilot shader program. The threads for executing a subset of the initial pilot shader programs are also grouped into a thread group and the threads of the thread group are executed in parallel. The graphics processing system provides for efficient preparation and execution of plural initial pilot shader programs.