Invention Grant
US08489839B1 Increasing memory capacity of a frame buffer via a memory splitter chip
有权
通过存储器分配器芯片增加帧缓冲器的存储容量
- Patent Title: Increasing memory capacity of a frame buffer via a memory splitter chip
- Patent Title (中): 通过存储器分配器芯片增加帧缓冲器的存储容量
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Application No.: US12639728Application Date: 2009-12-16
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Publication No.: US08489839B1Publication Date: 2013-07-16
- Inventor: Ashish Karandikar , Kaustubh Sanghani , Jonah M. Alben , Shane Keil
- Applicant: Ashish Karandikar , Kaustubh Sanghani , Jonah M. Alben , Shane Keil
- Applicant Address: US CA Sanata Clara
- Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
- Current Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sanata Clara
- Agency: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06F13/16
- IPC: G06F13/16

Abstract:
The memory splitter chip couples multiple DRAM units to the PPU, thereby expanding the memory capacity available to the PPU for storing data and increasing the overall performance of the graphics processing system. The memory splitter chip includes logic for managing the transmission of data between the PPU and the DRAM units when the transmission frequencies and the burst lengths of the PPU interface and the DRAM interfaces differ. Specifically, the memory splitter chip implements an overlapping transmission mode, a pairing transmission mode or a combination of the two modes when the transmission frequencies or the burst lengths differ.
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