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Dynamic constant update mechanism

US10997772B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Michael Apodaca · Folsom, US
John H. Feit · Folsom, US
David M. Cimini · Folsom, US
Thomas Raoux · Mountain View, US
Konstantin Levit-Gurevich · Birya, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 23, 2019
Grant date	May 4, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 23, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T15/005
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus to facilitate an update of shader data constants. The apparatus includes one or more processors to detect a change to one or more data constants in a shader program, generate a micro-code block including updated constants data during execution of the shader program and transmit the micro-code block to the shader program.

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