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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2005
Applicants:
John M. Danskin, Cranston, RI (US);
Anthony Michael Tamasi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventors:
John M. Danskin, Cranston, RI (US);
Anthony Michael Tamasi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1229 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for a cooperative graphics processing across a graphics bus in a computer system. The system includes a bridge coupled to a system memory via a system memory bus and coupled to a graphics processor via the graphics bus. The bridge includes a fragment processor for implementing cooperative graphics processing with the graphics processor coupled to the graphics bus. The fragment processor is configured to implement a plurality of raster operations on graphics data stored in the system memory.