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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Ati Technologies Ulc, Markham, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC, Markham, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/1045 (2016.01); G06T 1/20 (2006.01); G06T 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0292 (2013.01); G06F 12/1054 (2013.01); G06T 1/20 (2013.01); G06T 1/60 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1044 (2013.01); G06F 2212/657 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a graphics processing unit (GPU) and a frame buffer. The frame buffer is coupled to the GPU. Based upon initialization of a virtual function, a plurality of pages are mapped into a virtual frame buffer. The plurality of pages are mapped into the virtual frame buffer by using a graphics input/output memory management unit (GIOMMU) and an associated page table.