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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:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Jonah M. Alben, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen D. Lew, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paolo E. Sabella, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jonah M. Alben, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen D. Lew, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paolo E. Sabella, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/80 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 15/76 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 1/20 (2006.01); G09G 5/39 (2006.01); G09G 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit includes at least two different types of processors, such as a graphics processor and a video processor. At least one operation is commonly by supported by two different types of processors. For each commonly supported operation that is scheduled, a decision is made to determine which type of processor will be selected to implement the operation.