Constant buffering for a computational core of a programmable graphics processing unit
US8120608B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 4, 2008 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2200/28
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of systems and methods for managing a constant buffer with rendering context specific data in multithreaded parallel computational GPU core are disclosed. Briefly described, one method embodiment, among others, comprises responsive to a first shader operation, receiving at a constant buffer a first group of constants corresponding to a first rendering context, and responsive to a second shader operation, receiving at the constant buffer a second group of constants corresponding to a second context without flushing the first group.
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