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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2001
Christopher D. S. Donham, San Mateo, CA (US);
Edward Hutchins, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alexander Minkin, Los Altos, CA (US);
George E. Scott, Iii, Dublin, CA (US);
Christopher D. S. Donham, San Mateo, CA (US);
Edward Hutchins, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alexander Minkin, Los Altos, CA (US);
George E. Scott, III, Dublin, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product are provided for retrieving instructions from memory utilizing a texture module in a graphics pipeline. During use, an instruction request is sent to memory utilizing a texture module in a graphics pipeline. In response thereto, instructions are received from the memory in response to the instruction request utilizing the texture module in the graphics pipeline.