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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2004
Applicant:
Michael B. Diamond, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael B. Diamond, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4027 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract
A scalable discrete graphics system (DGS) is disclosed. The DGS includes a serial bus bridge configured to couple a plurality of GPUs to a serial bus. A serial bus connector is coupled to the serial bus bridge. A system chassis coupled to the serial bus bridge and the serial bus connector and configured to house the GPUs. The serial bus connector is configured to removably connect to a computer system. The GPUs access the computer system via the serial bus bridge and the serial bus connector to cooperatively execute 3-D graphics instructions from the computer system.