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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1999
Applicant:
David B. Kirk, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
David B. Kirk, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for providing a command stream that includes a controller chip is disclosed. The controller chip includes an engine operative to manage a memory. The engine includes an interface. A storage element is coupled to the engine and the storage element is accessible by a central processing unit (CPU) through the engine. The engine receives commands from the CPU via the interface, manages the storage element via the interface and writes the commands into the memory. The engine incorporates the storage element as part of the memory.