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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew M. Havlir, Austin, TX (US);
Michael A. Geary, Round Rock, TX (US);
Robert Kenney, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/36 (2006.01); G06T 1/60 (2006.01); G09G 5/399 (2006.01); G09G 5/393 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/399 (2013.01); G09G 5/393 (2013.01); G06T 1/60 (2013.01); G09G 2330/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of a unified shading controller are disclosed. The embodiments may provide a first functional unit configured to send a write request to a second functional unit. The write request may include data and the data may include one or more control bits. Upon receiving the write request, the second functional unit may check the one or more control bits, and hold the data in a given queue dependent upon the control bits.