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Apparatus and method for graphics processing unit hybrid rendering

US11373268B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Srihari Babu Alla · San Diego, US
Jonnala Gadda Nagendra Kumar · San Diego, US
Avinash Seetharamaiah · Oviedo, US
Andrew Evan Gruber · Arlington, US
Richard Hammerstone · Willowdale, US
Thomas Edwin Frisinger · Shrewsbury, US
Daniel Archard · Carlsbad, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 28, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2040

Classification

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

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for hybrid rendering of video/graphics content by a graphics processing unit. The apparatus can configure the graphics processing unit of a display apparatus to perform multiple rendering passes for a frame of a scene to be displayed on a display device. Moreover, the apparatus can control the graphics processing unit to perform a first rendering pass of the multiple rendering passes to generate a first render target that is stored in either an on-chip graphics memory of the GPU or a system of the display apparatus. The apparatus can also control the graphics processing unit to perform a second rendering pass to generate a second render target that is alternatively stored in the system memory of the display apparatus or on-chip graphics memory of the GPU.

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