Central processing unit with integrated graphics functions
US5734874A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 29, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A central processing unit (CPU) is provided with a graphics execution unit (GRU), including a graphics status register (GSR), for executing a number of graphics operations in accordance to a graphics data scaling factor and an alignment address offset stored in the GSR, the graphics data having a number of graphics data formats. In one embodiment, the GRU is also used to execute a number of graphics data addition, subtraction, rounding, expansion, merge, alignment, multiplication, logical, compare, and pixel distance operations. The graphics data operations are categorized into a first and a second category, and the GRU concurrently executes one graphics operations from each category. Furthermore, under this embodiment, the integer execution unit of the CPU is also used to execute a number of graphics data edge handling and 3-D array addressing operations, while the load and store unit (LSU) of the CPU is also used to execute a number of graphics data load and store operations, including conditional store operations.
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