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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2004
Applicants:
John Stauffer, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Bob Beretta, South Lake Tahoe, CA (US);
Ken Dyke, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Stauffer, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Bob Beretta, South Lake Tahoe, CA (US);
Ken Dyke, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/10 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Graphics resources are virtualized through an interface between graphics hardware and graphics clients. The interface allocates the graphics resources across multiple graphics clients, processes commands for access to the graphics resources from the graphics clients, and resolves conflicts for the graphics resources among the clients.