发明名称 Accelerator control unit configured to manage multiple hardware contexts
摘要 A control unit for a graphics accelerator. The control unit includes a plurality of processing pipelines, a memory (configured to store an allocation table) and a context management unit. The context management unit is configured to: (a) receive a graphics command, (b) decode a process identifier from input data provided in or with the graphics command, wherein the process identifier corresponds to one of a plurality of host processes executing on one or more central processing units external to the graphics accelerator, and (c) identify an entry E in the allocation table that corresponds to the process identifier. In response to a first set of conditions, the context management unit is further configured to: (d) reassign ownership of a first of the processing pipelines from a first active entry of the allocation table to the entry E, and (e) send the graphics command to the first processing pipeline.
申请公布号 US6985150(B2) 申请公布日期 2006.01.10
申请号 US20030403999 申请日期 2003.03.31
申请人 SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 发明人 DEERING MICHAEL F.
分类号 G06T1/20;G06F15/16;G06F15/80;G06T1/00;G06T15/00 主分类号 G06T1/20
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