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Global spreader and method for a parallel graphics processor

  • US 20070030280A1
  • Filed: 08/08/2005
  • Published: 02/08/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A parallel graphics processor having a spreader coupled to a plurality of instruction execution components, the spreader comprising:

  • logic configured to maintain status information for each of the plurality of instruction execution components;

    logic configured to establish a priority for each of the plurality of execution components to receive a graphics entity to be processed in accordance with the maintained status information and a type of graphics entity to be processed;

    logic configured to communicate a request to a selected instruction execution component of the plurality of instruction execution components to allocate the graphics entity to be processed in an entity descriptor table of the selected instruction execution component;

    logic configured to copy data associated with the graphics entity to be processed to the selected instruction execution component;

    logic configured to index assignment of the graphics entity to be processed to the selected instruction execution component in a logical table; and

    logic configured to receive indication from the selected instruction execution component that the graphics entity to be processed has been processed, wherein graphics images are subsequently presented on a display and resources associated with the graphics entity are released.

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