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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2018
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Pazhani Pillai, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing pixel wait synchronization techniques are disclosed. A system includes a host processor and a graphics processor which includes at least one graphics pipeline. During execution of a graphics application, the host processor determines that a second draw call is dependent on a first draw call. The host processor issues a wait sync event prior to issuing the second draw call to the graphics pipeline responsive to determining that the first draw call is still in-flight in the graphics pipeline. After the second draw call is issued to the graphics pipeline, the second draw call is processed by one or more stages of the graphics pipeline while the first draw call is still in-flight. The graphics pipeline stalls the second draw call at a given intermediate stage until a corresponding event counter equals a value specified by the wait sync event.