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Data transfer from a graphics subsystem to system memory

US5801720A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 1996
Grant dateSep 1, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2360/125
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A processing system includes a graphics subsystem that directly renders raster data to system memory and moves bitmaps between locations within system memory with the graphics subsystem providing the data and a processor providing the virtual-to-physical addresses with privilege and protection check mechanisms.

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