User-defined command buffer formats supporting data-parallel translation
US9792663B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 21, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G5/363
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A facility for specifying a set of graphics commands for performance on behalf of an application is provided. The facility provides a first, command signature data structure specifying a list of resources capable of affecting the outcome of graphics commands among the set. The facility further provides a second, application-defined command buffer data structure that, for each of the graphics commands among a set, represents the graphics command by including a value for each of the resources of the list.
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