Apparatus for creating a scalable graphics system with efficient memory and bandwidth usage
US5999183A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 10, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T15/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A scalable, three-dimensional (3D) graphics subsystem. The graphics subsystem includes a plurality of graphics modules each including a rendering module and a dedicated memory. In one embodiment, the rendering modules of the graphics modules are coupled together, possibly through a routing device, such that each rendering module views the memory space, formed by all dedicated memory, as one continuous shared memory.
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