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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2009
Anthony P. Delaurier, Los Altos, CA (US);
Mark Leather, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robert S. Hartog, Windermere, FL (US);
Michael J. Mantor, Orlando, FL (US);
Mark C. Fowler, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Marcos P. Zini, Oviedo, FL (US);
Anthony P. DeLaurier, Los Altos, CA (US);
Mark Leather, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robert S. Hartog, Windermere, FL (US);
Michael J. Mantor, Orlando, FL (US);
Mark C. Fowler, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Marcos P. Zini, Oviedo, FL (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A shader pipe texture filter utilizes a level one cache system as a primary method of storage but with the ability to have the level one cache system read and write to a level two cache system when necessary. The level one cache system communicates with the level two cache system via a wide channel memory bus. In addition, the level one cache system can be configured to support dual shader pipe texture filters while maintaining access to the level two cache system. A method utilizing a level one cache system as a primary method of storage with the ability to have the level one cache system read and write a level two cache system when necessary is also presented. In addition, level one cache systems can allocate a defined area of memory to be sharable amongst other resources.