Title:
DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF TEXTURE CACHE MEMORY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001020461
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A graphics processing system has a cache which is partitionable into two or more slots. Once partitioned, the slots are dynamically allocatable to one or more texture maps. First, number of texture maps needed to render a given scene is determined. Then, available slots of the cache are allocated to the texture maps. Sometimes, more slots are allocated to the largest texture map. At other times, more slots are allocated to the texture map which is likely to be used most often. The slots can also be allocated equally to all of the texture maps needed.
Inventors:
HONG ZHOU
FU CHIH-HONG
FU CHIH-HONG
Application Number:
PCT/US2000/025250
Publication Date:
June 14, 2001
Filing Date:
September 14, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
S3 INC (US)
International Classes:
G06F12/08; G06T1/60; (IPC1-7): G06F12/08
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