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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2004
Edward A. Hutchins, Mountain View, CA (US);
James T. Battle, Austin, TX (US);
Bruce K. Holmer, Belmont, CA (US);
Edward A. Hutchins, Mountain View, CA (US);
James T. Battle, Austin, TX (US);
Bruce K. Holmer, Belmont, CA (US);
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for accessing texture data is disclosed. The method includes the step of storing a low resolution version of a block of texture data in a low latency memory and storing a high resolution version of the block of texture data in high latency memory. Upon a request for the high resolution version of the block of texture data, the high resolution version is fetched from the high latency memory to the low latency memory. The low resolution version is subsequently accessed from the low latency memory until the high resolution version is fetched into the low latency memory.