Prescient cache management
US7626588B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 16, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2360/121
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Prescient cache management methods and systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a local cache that operates within a raster engine operations stage of a graphics rendering pipeline is managed by following a number of caching decisions related to a number of cached tiles. Each of these cached tiles has a certain priority to remain in the local cache, with the priority corresponding to a conflict type received from a buffer operating within a pre-raster engine operations stage of the graphics rendering pipeline.
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