Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple video processor unit (VPU) memory mapping
- Patent Title (中): 多视频处理器单元(VPU)存储映射
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Application No.: US11139917Application Date: 2005-05-27
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Publication No.: US07663635B2Publication Date: 2010-02-16
- Inventor: Philip J. Rogers , Jeffrey Gongxian Cheng , Dmitry Semiannikov , Raja Koduri
- Applicant: Philip J. Rogers , Jeffrey Gongxian Cheng , Dmitry Semiannikov , Raja Koduri
- Applicant Address: CA Markham
- Assignee: ATI Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: ATI Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Markham
- Agency: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP
- Main IPC: G06F12/10
- IPC: G06F12/10 ; G06F15/16

Abstract:
A system and method for memory mapping in a multiple video processor (multi VPU) system is described. In various embodiments, rendering tasks are shared among multiple VPUs in parallel to provide improved performance and capability with minimal increased cost. In various embodiments, multiple VPUs in a system access each other's local memories to facilitate cooperative video processing. In one embodiment, each VPU in the system has the local memories of each other VPU mapped to its own graphics aperture relocation table (GART) table to facilitate access via a virtual addressing scheme. Each VPU uses the same virtual addresses for this mapping to other VPU local memories. This allows the driver to send exactly the same write commands to each VPU, including the numeric value of the destination address for operations such as writing rendered data. Thus, unique addresses need not be generated for each VPU.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060267990A1 Multiple video processor unit (VPU) memory mapping Public/Granted day:2006-11-30
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