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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2006
Gregory J. Stiehl, Austin, TX (US);
David L. Anderson, Durham, NC (US);
Cass W. Everitt, Round Rock, TX (US);
Mark J. French, Raleigh, NC (US);
Steven E. Molnar, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Gregory J. Stiehl, Austin, TX (US);
David L. Anderson, Durham, NC (US);
Cass W. Everitt, Round Rock, TX (US);
Mark J. French, Raleigh, NC (US);
Steven E. Molnar, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
NIVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An event occurring in a graphics pipeline is detected and counted at the location of its occurrence using an event detector and a local counter. The event count maintained by the local counter is reported asynchronously to a global counter. The global counter is configured to be of higher precision than the local counter and is positioned at a place that is convenient for reporting the events, e.g., at the end of the graphics pipeline.