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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
Bradley Stephen Post, San Francisco, CA (US);
Varadharajan Ponnappan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pareekshit Singh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Winston Matthew Penfold Johnston, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Kai-hau Han, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Parag Chakraborty, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bradley Stephen Post, San Francisco, CA (US);
Varadharajan Ponnappan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pareekshit Singh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Winston Matthew Penfold Johnston, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Kai-hau Han, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Parag Chakraborty, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Exemplary techniques for balancing 3D graphical processor unit use among virtual machines are herein disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a virtualization platform can load an instance of a graphics rendering module for a virtual machine; select a GPU for the graphics rendering module to run on; and configure the virtual machine to render to the selected GPU. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the detailed description, claims, and figures.