Multiprocessor software interface for a graphics processor subsystem employing partially linked dynamic load modules which are downloaded and fully linked at run time
US5269021A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 12, 1989 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 12, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4484
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An interface for use with a multiprocessor computer system, having a host processor system and a graphics processor system. The interface permits extended functions to be developed on the host system or on another system, and subsequently loaded to the graphics processor system. The interface comprises software residing on both the host system side and the graphics system side, which operates at run time to permit the function to be called from a main program running on the host. The function's arguments are passed to the graphics system so that the function is executed by the graphics processor.
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