Patent · US Active

Virtualization of graphics resources

US7872656B2 · kind B2 · utility

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30References

37Claims

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

John Stauffer · معلمی نژاد, US
Bob Beretta · South Lake Tahoe, US
Ken Dyke · Cupertino, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 31, 2006
Grant date	Jan 18, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 29, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/02
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Graphics resources are virtualized through an interface between graphics hardware and graphics clients. The interface allocates the graphics resources across multiple graphics clients, processes commands for access to the graphics resources from the graphics clients, and resolves conflicts for the graphics resources among the clients.

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