公开(公告)号：US20180232935A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-16

申请号：US15433398

申请日：2017-02-15

Applicant: ARM Limited

Inventor： Alexander Galazin ,  Jörg Wagner ,  Andreas Due Engh-Halstvedt

IPC: G06T15/00 ,  G06T15/80

CPC classification number: G06T15/005 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06T15/80

Abstract: A graphics processing system groups plural initial pilot shader programs into a set of initial pilot shader programs and associates the set of initial pilot shader programs with a set of indexes. The initial pilot shader programs each contain constant program expressions to be executed on behalf of an original shader program. The index for an initial pilot shader program is then used to obtain the instructions contained in the initial pilot shader program for executing the constant program expressions of the initial pilot shader program. The threads for executing a subset of the initial pilot shader programs are also grouped into a thread group and the threads of the thread group are executed in parallel. The graphics processing system provides for efficient preparation and execution of plural initial pilot shader programs.

公开(公告)号：US10186069B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US15433398

申请日：2017-02-15

Applicant: ARM Limited

Inventor： Alexander Galazin ,  Jörg Wagner ,  Andreas Due Engh-Halstvedt

IPC: G06T15/00 ,  G06T15/80 ,  G06F9/44

Abstract: A graphics processing system groups plural initial pilot shader programs into a set of initial pilot shader programs and associates the set of initial pilot shader programs with a set of indexes. The initial pilot shader programs each contain constant program expressions to be executed on behalf of an original shader program. The index for an initial pilot shader program is then used to obtain the instructions contained in the initial pilot shader program for executing the constant program expressions of the initial pilot shader program. The threads for executing a subset of the initial pilot shader programs are also grouped into a thread group and the threads of the thread group are executed in parallel. The graphics processing system provides for efficient preparation and execution of plural initial pilot shader programs.