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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2003
Timothy M. Kelley, Orlando, FL (US);
Michael G. Silver, Orlando, FL (US);
Timothy M. Kelley, Orlando, FL (US);
Michael G. Silver, Orlando, FL (US);
ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A method and system for accommodating at least one high priority data element from a plurality of data elements written into a ring buffer including a processor that preempts a ring buffer by modifying at least one of the data elements previously written to the ring buffer to create modified data elements in response to detecting a high priority data element to be written into the ring buffer. The processor modifies the plurality of data elements previously written to the ring buffer to create the modified data elements. The processor resubmits to the ring buffer at least one of the data elements corresponding to at least one of the modified data elements for execution by a graphics co-processor in response to processing the at least one high priority data element.