Method and system for a texture-aware virtual memory subsystem
US7710424B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 18, 2004 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G5/393
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for accessing texture data is disclosed. The method includes the step of storing a low resolution version of a block of texture data in a low latency memory and storing a high resolution version of the block of texture data in high latency memory. Upon a request for the high resolution version of the block of texture data, the high resolution version is fetched from the high latency memory to the low latency memory. The low resolution version is subsequently accessed from the low latency memory until the high resolution version is fetched into the low latency memory.
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