摘要:
The same pixel stream may be displayed on an internal display and an external display while maintaining the original aspect ratio corresponding to the internal display dimensions. A connector with limited number of pins may only support a two-wire display port interface to the external display, which may not provide enough bandwidth to transmit the full resolution image to the external display. To transmit the full resolution image, a color space conversion from RGB space to YCbCr color space may be performed. The Luma component may be transmitted at full resolution, while the chroma components may be scaled. Accordingly, there is no loss of image resolution, while some amount of color resolution may be lost. However, there is no need to retime frames within the system on chip (SOC), and the same pixel stream may be used as the basis for display on both the internal and the external display.
摘要:
A system and method for efficiently allocating data in a memory hierarchy. A system includes a memory controller for controlling accesses to a memory and a display controller for processing video frame data. The memory controller includes a cache capable of storing data read from the memory. A given video frame may be processed by the display controller and presented on a respective display screen. During processing, control logic within the display controller sends multiple memory access requests to the memory controller with cache hint information. For the frame data, the cache hint information may alternate between (i) indicating to store frame data read in response to respective requests in the memory cache and (ii) indicating to not store the frame data read in response to respective requests in the memory cache.
摘要:
A system and method for efficiently scheduling memory access requests. A semiconductor chip includes a memory controller for controlling accesses to a shared memory and a display controller for processing frame data. In response to detecting an idle state for the system and the supported one or more displays, the display controller aggregates memory requests for a given display pipeline of one or more display pipelines prior to attempting to send any memory requests from the given display pipeline to the memory controller. Arbitration may be performed while the given display pipeline sends the aggregated memory requests. In response to not receiving memory access requests from the functional blocks or the display controller, the memory controller may transition to a low-power mode.
摘要:
A system and method for efficiently scheduling memory access requests. A semiconductor chip includes a memory controller for controlling accesses to a shared memory and a display controller for processing frame data. In response to detecting an idle state for the system and the supported one or more displays, the display controller aggregates memory requests for a given display pipeline of one or more display pipelines prior to attempting to send any memory requests from the given display pipeline to the memory controller. Arbitration may be performed while the given display pipeline sends the aggregated memory requests. In response to not receiving memory access requests from the functional blocks or the display controller, the memory controller may transition to a low-power mode.
摘要:
A graphics system may include a display pipe with a buffer configured to store pixels to be processed by a display controller for displaying on a display device, with a buffer control circuit coupled to the buffer to supply pixels to the display controller. When the buffer control circuit detects an underrun of the buffer responsive to the display controller attempting to read pixels from the buffer that have not yet been written to the buffer, the buffer control circuit may supply an underrun pixel to the display. The underrun pixel may be selected from a set of previously stored set of underrun pixels, which may include a most recent valid pixel read by the display controller. A read pointer representative of the location in the buffer from where the display controller is currently attempting to read may be advanced even when an underrun condition occurs. The underrun pixel may be supplied to the display controller until the underrun has been resolved, at which point the most recent valid pixel read from the buffer may be supplied to the display controller.
摘要:
A scaling unit is disclosed that is within a computing device having an internal display and an external interface. The scaling unit facilitates the concurrent presentation of images on the internal display and an external display connected to the external interface. In configurations in which the external interface does not have sufficient data width to concurrently display images on the external display at the same resolution as the internal display, the scaling unit may be used to reduce the number of pixels in a line, thus reducing bandwidth requirements at the external interface. The scaling unit may also scale further to maintain an aspect ratio of the image displayed on the internal display. Further vertical scaling may be performed outside the computing device (e.g., by a dongle coupled between the computing device and the external display), such that the scaling unit may be implemented with reduced memory requirements.
摘要:
A graphics system may include a display pipe with a buffer configured to store pixels to be processed by a display controller for displaying on a display device, with a buffer control circuit coupled to the buffer to supply pixels to the display controller. When the buffer control circuit detects an underrun of the buffer responsive to the display controller attempting to read pixels from the buffer that have not yet been written to the buffer, the buffer control circuit may supply an underrun pixel to the display. The underrun pixel may be selected from a set of previously stored set of underrun pixels, which may include a most recent valid pixel read by the display controller. A read pointer representative of the location in the buffer from where the display controller is currently attempting to read may be advanced even when an underrun condition occurs. The underrun pixel may be supplied to the display controller until the underrun has been resolved, at which point the most recent valid pixel read from the buffer may be supplied to the display controller.
摘要:
A system and method for efficiently allocating data in a memory hierarchy. A system includes a memory controller for controlling accesses to a memory and a display controller for processing video frame data. The memory controller includes a cache capable of storing data read from the memory. A given video frame may be processed by the display controller and presented on a respective display screen. During processing, control logic within the display controller sends multiple memory access requests to the memory controller with cache hint information. For the frame data, the cache hint information may alternate between (i) indicating to store frame data read in response to respective requests in the memory cache and (ii) indicating to not store the frame data read in response to respective requests in the memory cache.
摘要:
An inline scaling unit configured to retime an input video frame is disclosed. The scaling unit is configured to receive pixels within a line of a video frame to be displayed on a primary display that is within a first clock domain. The scaling unit down-scales the group of pixels and writes the down-scaled pixels to a buffer circuit in the first clock domain. The scaling unit includes a control circuit configured to generate horizontal and vertical control signals for the retimed video frame to be displayed on a secondary display that is within a second clock domain. The horizontal and vertical control signals are then used to enable reading from the buffer circuit in the second clock domain. The scaling unit outputs the down-scaled pixels and the generated control signals within the retimed video frame such that input video frame and the retimed video frame may be displayed concurrently.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for adjusting the operation of a display device so as to be at least within prescribed form factor or other constraints. In one embodiment of the invention, various operational parameters for a display element are adjusted based on considerations specific to high density form factor constraints. For example, in one such device, a Low Power DisplayPort (LPDP) device having a LPDP source and sink adjust the data rate of the visual data to minimize power consumption while still properly supporting display panel resolutions. In some embodiments, the LPDP source and sink may adjust the transceiver voltages to minimize power consumption. In an alternate embodiment, an LPDP device adjusts data rates to minimize the effects of platform noise. In another aspect of the invention, various display elements of a device coordinate quiescent (“quiet”) mode operation during periods of inactivity.