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Distributed rendering of texture data

US7969444B1 · kind B1 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

NVIDIA Corporation · US

Inventors

Ralf Biermann · Aachen, DE
Barthold B. Lichtenbelt · Fort Collins, US
Ross Cunniff · Fort Collins, US
Jeffrey F. Juliano · Cary, US
Jeffrey A. Bolz · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 12, 2006
Grant date	Jun 28, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 30, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2210/52
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for distributing the workload of rendering an image where texture mapping is involved among multiple graphics processing units (GPUs) are provided. The method generally entails dividing a texture map among multiple GPUs, performing texture mapping in each GPU to render image data in each GPU's frame buffer, combining the image data from each frame buffer, and scanning out the combined image to a display.

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