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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
William A. Hux, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Girish Ravunnikutty, San Jose, CA (US);
Adam T. Lake, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Graphics processing systems and methods are described. For example, one embodiment of a graphics processing apparatus comprises a graphics processing unit (GPU), the GPU including a high priority command streamer to dispatch high priority commands from an application, a normal priority command streamer to receive normal priority commands through a command path, one or more execution units, and a thread dispatcher. The thread dispatcher to dispatch normal priority commands to the one or more executions units, determine the high priority command streamer includes at least one command, cause the one or more execution units to save their states, and dispatch at least one command from the high priority queue to the one or more execution units.