Patent · US Active

Graphics processing systems

US8698828B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Arm Limited · GB

Inventors

Edward Plowman · Cambridge, GB
Jørn Nystad · Trondheim, NO
Borgar Ljosland · Trondheim, NO

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 3, 2009
Grant date	Apr 15, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T17/20
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a graphics processing system, when a fragment reaches a texturing stage, it is determined whether the texture to be applied is a static or dynamic texture. If it is determined that the required texels relate to a dynamic texture, then the system first tries to fetch those texels from a dynamic texture memory. If it is found that the texels are not available in the dynamic texture memory, then the relevant texels are generated in an “on-demand” fashion and stored in the dynamic texture memory so that they can be applied to the fragment.

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