Efficient display flip
US6141023A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G5/363
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for an efficient display flip is disclosed. The apparatus has a computer readable medium having a graphics driver. The execution of the graphics driver is configured to generate instructions for checking status of a graphics device to determine whether the graphics device is ready to display a next frame data on a display device. The graphics device is coupled to a system memory. The graphics device is configured to forwarding a display flip status to the system memory for access by the graphics driver in response to the instructions.
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