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Dedicated fixed point blending for energy efficiency

US11494968B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 17, 2021
Grant dateNov 8, 2022
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Expiry dateMay 17, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03H2017/0245
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a processor receives an incoming data stream that includes alpha channel data, and a memory stores an application programming interface (API). The API is to route the alpha channel data to a fixed point blending unit to perform one or more blending operations using fixed point representation of the alpha channel data. The API is further to route the incoming data stream to a floating point blending unit to perform operations involving floating point representation of the incoming data.

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