发明名称 Master/slave graphics adapter arrangement
摘要 A computing device includes first and second graphics adapters. A graphics processor of the first graphics adapter acts as a master graphics processor, while a second graphics adapter acts as a slave. The master graphics processor renders graphics to be displayed on multiple separate displays within memory of the first graphics adapter. Images to be displayed on one of the displays are transferred to memory used by the second graphics adapter. The display interface of the second graphics adapter presents images within the memory of the second graphics adapter on at least one of the multiple displays. In this way, device electronics forming the display interface, as well as ports of the second adapter, acting as a slave, may be utilized. In one embodiment, an application creates a single larger image, rendered within the memory of the first graphics adapter. The larger image is then presented as the first and second smaller images on the multiple displays. In this way, an end user sees the multiple images as a single large image across the multiple displays.
申请公布号 US7817155(B2) 申请公布日期 2010.10.19
申请号 US20050136483 申请日期 2005.05.24
申请人 ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 发明人 LITCHMANOV IOURI
分类号 G06F15/16;G06T1/20 主分类号 G06F15/16
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