Texture residency hardware enhancements for graphics processors
US10388058B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 30, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2210/36
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for graphics processing systems in computing environments are provided herein. In one example, a method of handling tiled resources in graphics processing environments is presented. The method includes establishing, in a graphics processing unit, a residency map having values determined from memory residency properties of a texture resource, and sampling from the residency map at a specified location to determine a residency map sample for the texture resource at the specified location, where the residency map sample indicates at least an initial level of detail presently resident and a smoothing component to reach a next level of detail.
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