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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2003
Milivoje Aleksic, Richmond Hill, CA;
Adrian Hartog, Toronto, CA;
Milivoje Aleksic, Richmond Hill, CA;
Adrian Hartog, Toronto, CA;
ATI Technologies Inc., Markham, CA;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for graphics rendered in a mobile device includes a command queue capable of receiving a plurality of rendering commands, a generate_event command and a wait_until command. The wait_until command corresponds to the completion of a specific operation indicated by the generate_event command. The method and apparatus further includes a direct memory access device operably coupled to the command queue, wherein the DMA device is capable of receiving a memory access command in response to the generate_event command. A memory device is capable of storing rendering information, wherein the memory device is accessible in response to the generate_event command. Furthermore, the method and apparatus includes the command queue capable of queuing the rendering commands in response to the wait_until command until the completion of the operation indicated by the generate_event command.