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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2009
Applicants:

Greg Sadowski, Cambridge, MA (US);

Warren Fritz Kruger, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

John Wakefield Brothers, Iii, Calistoga, CA (US);

David I.j. Glen, Toronto, CA;

Stephen David Presant, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Greg Sadowski, Cambridge, MA (US);

Warren Fritz Kruger, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

John Wakefield Brothers, III, Calistoga, CA (US);

David I.J. Glen, Toronto, CA;

Stephen David Presant, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignees:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/39 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); G06F 1/3225 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1225 (2013.01);
Abstract

A circuit includes memory retiling methods which distribute image information among a plurality of memory channels producing reconfigured image information distributed among a subset of the plurality of memory channels allowing memory channels outside of the subset to be placed into a power save mode to reduce power consumption. Additional methods are disclosed for further reductions in power consumption.


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