Method and apparatus for accessing graphics cache memory
US6173367A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0875
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for utilizing a data cache in a system with both 2D and 3D graphics applications. In a specific embodiment of the present invention, a mode signal is received by the video system indicating whether a 2D or 3D application is to be used. Depending on the mode signal, either as a unified cache capable of being accessed by two separate data access streams, or two independent caches, each accessed by one data access stream.
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