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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2009
David A. Baer, San Jose, CA (US);
Darren Neuman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David A. Baer, San Jose, CA (US);
Darren Neuman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods that provide graphics using a graphical engine are provided. In one example, a system may provide layered graphics in a video environment. The system may include a bus, a graphical engine and a graphical pipeline. The graphical engine may be coupled to the bus and may be adapted to composite a plurality of graphical layers into a composite graphical layer. The graphical engine may include a memory that stores the composite graphical layer. The graphical pipeline may be coupled to the bus and may be adapted to transport the composite graphical layer.