Invention Application
- Patent Title: REDUNDANCY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHADER COLUMN REPAIR
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Application No.: US15156658Application Date: 2016-05-17
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Publication No.: US20160260192A1Publication Date: 2016-09-08
- Inventor: Michael J. Mantor , Jeffrey T. Brady , Angel E. Socarras
- Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Main IPC: G06T1/20
- IPC: G06T1/20 ; G09G5/36

Abstract:
Methods, systems and non-transitory computer readable media are described. A system includes a shader pipe array, a redundant shader pipe array, a sequencer and a redundant shader switch. The shader pipe array includes multiple shader pipes, each of which perform rendering calculations on data provided thereto. The redundant shader pipe array also performs rendering calculations on data provided thereto. The sequencer identifies at least one defective shader pipe in the shader pipe array, and, in response, generates a signal. The redundant shader switch receives the generated signal, and, in response, transfers the data destined for each shader pipe identified as being defective independently to the redundant shader pipe array.
Public/Granted literature
- US10861122B2 Redundancy method and apparatus for shader column repair Public/Granted day:2020-12-08
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