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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1996
Karl Scott Mills, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Richard Charles Andrew Owen, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark Emil Bonnelycke, Seattle, WA (US);
Cirrus Logic, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A graphics controller circuit for minimizing an amount of data received from a host. The graphics controller circuit includes a register file with a plurality of registers. The graphics controller accepts commands addressed to virtual registers, and generates plurality of instructions including an instruction to access one of the registers in the register file. By using such a virtual register number in a command and generating several instructions in response thereto, the graphics controller circuit of the present invention minimizes the amount of data host sends over the system bus.