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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2000
Thomas M. Olano, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark S. Peercy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Thomas M. Olano, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark S. Peercy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system are provided for executing SIMD instructions using graphics technology. A SIMD instruction is received and interpreted. The specific data needed for the SIMD instruction is identified. Texel addresses where the specific data are stored are recalled and frame buffer pixels to be used to support the SIMD instruction are selected. In an alternative embodiment, these texel addresses are stored in frame buffer pixel channels such that the pixel containing a particular address will be the pixel to hold the data stored at that address for the SIMD operation.