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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gokhan Avkarogullari, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jason P. Jane, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alex Kan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/3215 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/20 (2013.01); G06F 1/325 (2013.01); G06F 1/3215 (2013.01);
Abstract
Power management techniques include a graphics processing unit (GPU) in which the GPU determines whether it is operating outside an operational limit and, when the GPU is operating outside the operational limit, the GPU alters performance of an operation to be performed texture processor within the GPU to reduce complexity of the operation. Otherwise, the GPU may perform the texture processing operation at its default complexity. These techniques provide a degree of power control not available in other techniques.