Programmable shader having register forwarding for reduced register-file bandwidth consumption
US7623132B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G5/39
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus of operating a shader having multiple texture or shader processing stations. That method includes feeding the output of a texture or shader processing station directly into the input of another texture or shader processing station. Further, only a subset of the processing stations has access to a shader register file.
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