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Data storage address assignment for graphics processing

US9047686B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Colin Christopher Sharp · San Diego, US
Zachary Aaron Pfeffer · Austin, US
Eduardus Antonius Metz · Belmont, US
Maurice Ribble · San Diego, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 10, 2011
Grant date	Jun 2, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 23, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F12/0802
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In general, aspects of this disclosure describe example techniques for efficient storage of data of various data types for graphics processing. In some examples, a processing unit may assign first and second contiguous range of addresses for a first and second data type, respectively. The processing unit may store at least one of graphics data of the first or second data type or addresses of the graphics data of the first or second data type within blocks whose addresses are within the first and second contiguous range of addresses, respectively. The processing unit may store, in cache lines of a cache, the graphics data of the first data type, and the graphics data of the second data type.

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