Dynamically using system memory as video memory for virtual graphics processing units
US9811366B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 12, 2014 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2200/28
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for dynamically using system (i.e., VM guest) memory as video memory for virtual graphics processing units (VGPUs) are provided. In one embodiment, a guest graphics driver running within a virtual machine (VM) of a host system can receive, from a guest application of the VM, a request to create a graphics resource. The guest graphics driver can then dynamically allocate, in response to the request, a memory object for the graphics resource in a guest memory space of the VM.
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