Apparatus, method and system with a graphics-rendering engine having a graphics context manager
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a graphics-rendering engine to concurrently render two or more independent images for display on multiple display devices, the two or more independent images include a first independent image and a second independent image; and
a graphics context manager to store in a first memory area and restore from the first memory area information describing a first rendering context associated with the first independent image, the graphics context manager to store in a second memory area and restore from the second memory area information describing a second rendering context associated with the second independent image.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system to concurrently render independent images for display on one or more display devices. In an embodiment, a graphics-rendering engine concurrently renders independent images for display on multiple display devices. A graphics context manager stores in a first memory area and restores from the first memory area information describing a first rendering context associated with a first independent image. The graphics context manager stores in a second memory area and restores from the second memory area information describing a second rendering context associated with a second independent image.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a graphics-rendering engine to concurrently render two or more independent images for display on multiple display devices, the two or more independent images include a first independent image and a second independent image; and
a graphics context manager to store in a first memory area and restore from the first memory area information describing a first rendering context associated with the first independent image, the graphics context manager to store in a second memory area and restore from the second memory area information describing a second rendering context associated with the second independent image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)
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17. A method, comprising:
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concurrently rendering instructions associated with multiple independent images within a first instruction-stream;
storing in a first memory area information representing a first rendering context associated with a first independent image;
restoring from a second memory area instructions representing a second rendering context associated with a second independent image; and
switching a graphics-rendering engine from the first rendering context to the second rendering context.
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21. A system, comprising:
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a central processing unit; and
a graphics device, the central processing unit coupled to the graphics device, the graphics device containing a graphics-rendering engine to concurrently render two or more independent images for display on multiple display devices, and a graphics context manager to store in a first memory area and restore from the first memory area information describing a first rendering context associated with the first independent image, the graphics context manager to store in a second memory area and restore from the second memory area information describing a second rendering context associated with the second independent image. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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