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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2000
Daniel H. McCabe, Bellevue, WA (US);
S3 Graphics Co., Ltd., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A processing system is disclosed. The processing system processes a plurality of commands for a peripheral system. A command source generates at least a first command stream and a second command stream. A portion of the peripheral system is responsive to the second command stream and the entire processing system is responsive to the first command stream. The processing system includes a command segregation module that receives the plurality of commands from the command source. The command segregation module also segregates each command into the first command stream and the second command stream and inserts synchronization commands into the first command stream. The processing system also includes a command integration module that receives the first command stream and the second command stream. The command integration module integrates the first command stream having the synchronization commands and the second command stream so that there is a single, linearized command stream. One or more execution modules of the processing system may now execute the linearized command stream. A method for processing a plurality of command streams is also disclosed.