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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2012
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, 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. One such system includes at least one graphical pipeline and a graphical engine. The at least one graphical pipeline is coupled to a bus and operable to generate a plurality of graphical layers. The graphical engine is coupled to the bus and operable to receive, over the bus, the plurality of graphical layers. The graphical engine is operable to composite the received plurality of graphical layers into a composite graphical layer, and to store the composite graphical layer in a local memory of the graphical engine.