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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter F. Holland, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Hari Ganesh R. Thirunageswaram, Milpitas, CA (US);
Jeffrey J. Irwin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/20 (2006.01); G06T 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/20 (2013.01); G06T 1/60 (2013.01); G06T 2200/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for processing graphics data may include a plurality of processing pipelines, each pipeline configured to receive and process pixel data. A functional unit may combine the outputs of each processing pipeline. A buffer included in a given processing pipeline may be configured to store data from the functional unit in response to a determination that the given processing pipeline is inactive. The buffer may then send the stored data to a memory.