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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2013
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Peter F. Holland, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Albert C. Kuo, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hao Chen, San Ramon, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of an apparatus and method are disclosed that may allow for arbitrating multiple read requests to fetch pixel data from a memory. The apparatus may include a first and a second processing pipeline, and a control unit. Each of the processing pipelines may be configured to generate a plurality of read requests to fetch a respective one of a plurality of portions of stored pixel data. The control unit may be configured to determine a priority for each read request dependent upon display coordinates of one or more pixels corresponding to each of the plurality of portions of stored pixel data, and determine an order for the plurality of read requests dependent upon the determined priority for each read request.