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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1999
Ian M. Williams, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method is provided that increases the throughput of graphics commands transferred between a system bridge and a graphics subsystem. In one embodiment, the apparatus tags each of the multiple graphics commands to indicate a specific order of the multiple graphics commands. Each of the tagged multiple graphics commands are then assigned to one of a plurality of busses. The plurality of busses transfer each of the multiple graphics commands across its assigned one the plurality of busses. After being transferred across the plurality of busses, the multiple graphics commands are put back in their original specific order through the use of the tags. The reordered (also referred to as regrouped) multiple graphics commands are then transferred to the graphics subsystem. In another embodiment, multiple graphics commands are transferred over a plurality of busses to functional components of the graphics subsystem.