Invention Grant
US08345052B1 Method and system for using a GPU frame buffer in a multi-GPU system as cache memory
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在多GPU系统中使用GPU帧缓冲器作为缓存存储器的方法和系统
- Patent Title: Method and system for using a GPU frame buffer in a multi-GPU system as cache memory
- Patent Title (中): 在多GPU系统中使用GPU帧缓冲器作为缓存存储器的方法和系统
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Application No.: US11937474Application Date: 2007-11-08
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Publication No.: US08345052B1Publication Date: 2013-01-01
- Inventor: Franck R. Diard
- Applicant: Franck R. Diard
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
- Current Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16

Abstract:
A method and system for using a graphics processing unit (“GPU”) frame buffer in a multi-GPU computing device as cache memory are disclosed. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method, which includes the steps of designating a first GPU subsystem in the multi-GPU computing device as a rendering engine, designating a second GPU subsystem in the multi-GPU computing device as a cache accelerator, and directing an upstream memory access request associated with an address from the first GPU subsystem to a port associated with a first address range, wherein the address falls within the first address range. The first and the second GPU subsystems include a first GPU and a first frame buffer and a second GPU and a second frame buffer, respectively.
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