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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2004
Applicants:

Duncan A. Riach, Eastbourne, GB;

Brijesh Tripathi, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Duncan A. Riach, Eastbourne, GB;

Brijesh Tripathi, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Apparatus, system, and method for arbitrating between memory requests are described. In one embodiment, a processing apparatus includes a memory request generator configured to generate memory requests specifying data for respective presentation elements. The memory request generator is configured to assign priorities to the memory requests based on a presentation order of the presentation elements. The processing apparatus also includes a memory request arbiter connected to the memory request generator. The memory request arbiter is configured to issue the memory requests based on the priorities assigned to the memory requests.


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