Providing pipeline state through constant buffers
US8766988B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 6, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/3888
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing state information to one or more shader engines within a processing pipeline. State information received from an application accessing the processing pipeline is stored in constant buffer memory accessible to each of the shader engines. The shader engines can then retrieve the state information during execution.
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