Mutual exclusion of drawing engine execution on a graphics device
US6078339A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 10, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 20, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for mutual exclusion of drawing engine execution on a graphics device is disclosed. The method checks a busy signal of an executing drawing engine. The executing drawing engine is one of a plurality of drawing engines of the graphics device and the only drawing engine executing out of the plurality of drawing engines. The method forwards a graphics instruction and associated data packet to a next drawing engine to execute after the executing drawing engine has completed execution. The next drawing engine to execute is one of the plurality of drawing engines.
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