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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Jeffrey M. Smith, Union City, CA (US);
Shail Dave, San Jose, CA (US);
Wei-je Huang, Fremont, CA (US);
Lincoln G. Garlick, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Paolo E. Sabella, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. Smith, Union City, CA (US);
Shail Dave, San Jose, CA (US);
Wei-Je Huang, Fremont, CA (US);
Lincoln G. Garlick, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Paolo E. Sabella, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for servicing multiple graphics processing channels are described. In one embodiment, a graphics processing apparatus includes a scheduler configured to direct servicing of a graphics processing channel by issuing an index related to the graphics processing channel. The graphics processing apparatus also includes a processing core connected to the scheduler. The processing core is configured to service the graphics processing channel by: (i) correlating the index with a memory location at which an instance block for the graphics processing channel is stored; and (ii) accessing the instance block stored at the memory location.