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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2011
Bryan E. Veal, Beaverton, OR (US);
Travis T. Schluessler, Berthoud, CO (US);
Murali Ramadoss, Folsom, CA (US);
Balaji Vembu, Folsom, CA (US);
Bryan E. Veal, Beaverton, OR (US);
Travis T. Schluessler, Berthoud, CO (US);
Murali Ramadoss, Folsom, CA (US);
Balaji Vembu, Folsom, CA (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices to augment volatile memory in a graphics subsystem with certain types of non-volatile memory are described. In one embodiment, includes storing one or more static or near-static graphics resources in a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM). The NVRAM is directly accessible by a graphics processor using at least memory store and load commands. The method also includes a graphics processor executing a graphics application. The graphics processor sends a request using a memory load command for an address corresponding to at least one static or near-static graphics resources stored in the NVRAM. The method also includes directly loading the requested graphics resource from the NVRAM into a cache for the graphics processor in response to the memory load command.