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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2007
Justin Michael Mahan, Fremont, CA (US);
Edward A. Hutchins, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ewa M. Kubalska, Los Gatos, CA (US);
James T. Battle, Austin, TX (US);
Justin Michael Mahan, Fremont, CA (US);
Edward A. Hutchins, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ewa M. Kubalska, Los Gatos, CA (US);
James T. Battle, Austin, TX (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for loading and executing an indeterminate length shader program. The method includes accessing a first portion of a shader program in graphics memory of a GPU and loading instructions from the first portion into a plurality of stages of the GPU to configure the GPU for program execution. A group of pixels is then processed in accordance with the instructions from the first portion. A second portion of the shader program is accessed in graphics memory of the GPU and instructions from the second portion are loaded into the plurality of stages of the GPU to configure the GPU for program execution. The group of pixels are then processed in accordance with the instructions from the second portion.