Multi-chip graphics processing unit apparatus, system, and method
US7598958B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 17, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 26, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multi-chip graphics system includes a master chip and a slave chip coupled by an interlink. The slave chip performs a graphics processing operation in parallel with the master chip, improving the performance of the master chip. In one embodiment, an individual graphics processing unit (GPU) chip includes a normal operational mode, a master mode, and a slave mode to permit an individual GPU chip to be used as individual processor or to be packaged as part of a master/slave pair.
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