Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Parallel array architecture for a graphics processor
- Patent Title (中): 用于图形处理器的并行阵列架构
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Application No.: US13269462Application Date: 2011-10-07
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Publication No.: US08730249B2Publication Date: 2014-05-20
- Inventor: John M. Danskin , John S. Montrym , John Erik Lindholm , Steven E. Molnar , Mark French
- Applicant: John M. Danskin , John S. Montrym , John Erik Lindholm , Steven E. Molnar , Mark French
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
- Current Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/80
- IPC: G06F15/80 ; G06T1/20 ; G09G5/36 ; G06F12/02

Abstract:
A parallel array architecture for a graphics processor includes a multithreaded core array including a plurality of processing clusters, each processing cluster including at least one processing core operable to execute a pixel shader program that generates pixel data from coverage data; a rasterizer configured to generate coverage data for each of a plurality of pixels; and pixel distribution logic configured to deliver the coverage data from the rasterizer to one of the processing clusters in the multithreaded core array. A crossbar coupled to each of the processing clusters is configured to deliver pixel data from the processing clusters to a frame buffer having a plurality of partitions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120026171A1 PARALLEL ARRAY ARCHITECTURE FOR A GRAPHICS PROCESSOR Public/Granted day:2012-02-02
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