公开(公告)号：US06633296B1

公开(公告)日：2003-10-14

申请号：US09579432

申请日：2000-05-26

申请人： Indra Laksono ,  Milivoje Aleksic ,  Antonio Asaro ,  Andrew E. Gruber ,  Gordon Caruk ,  Brian Lee

发明人： Indra Laksono ,  Milivoje Aleksic ,  Antonio Asaro ,  Andrew E. Gruber ,  Gordon Caruk ,  Brian Lee

IPC分类号： G06F1516

CPC分类号： G06F3/14 ,  G09G5/363 ,  G09G2352/00 ,  G09G2360/06

摘要： In a specific embodiment, a system for providing video is disclosed, the system having a system bus, which in one embodiment is an Advanced Graphics Port (AGP) bus. The system bus is connected to a data bridge, which is connected to a second and third AGP bus. Each of the AGP busses are connected to graphics processors. The bridge routes data requests from one graphics processor to the second graphics processor without accessing the system AGP bus based upon a memory mapping information stored in a routing table or a register set. In another aspect of the present invention, the bridge responds to initialization requests using attributes that may vary depending on the specific mode of operation. Another aspect of the present invention allows for conversion between various AGP protocol portions.

摘要翻译： 在具体实施例中，公开了一种用于提供视频的系统，该系统具有系统总线，其在一个实施例中是高级图形端口（AGP）总线。 系统总线连接到连接到第二和第三AGP总线的数据桥。 每个AGP总线都连接到图形处理器。 桥接器基于存储在路由表或寄存器组中的存储器映射信息，将数据请求从一个图形处理器路由到第二图形处理器而不访问系统AGP总线。 在本发明的另一方面，桥接器使用可以根据特定操作模式而变化的属性来响应初始化请求。 本发明的另一方面允许在各种AGP协议部分之间进行转换

公开(公告)号：US06789154B1

公开(公告)日：2004-09-07

申请号：US09579203

申请日：2000-05-26

申请人： Brian Lee ,  Indra Laksono ,  Antonio Asaro ,  Andrew E. Gruber ,  Gordon Caruk ,  Milivoje Aleksic

发明人： Brian Lee ,  Indra Laksono ,  Antonio Asaro ,  Andrew E. Gruber ,  Gordon Caruk ,  Milivoje Aleksic

IPC分类号： G06F1314

CPC分类号： G06F13/404

摘要： In a specific embodiment, a system for providing video is disclosed, the system having a system bus, which in one embodiment is an Advanced Graphics Port (AGP) bus. The system bus is connected to a data bridge, which is connected to a second and third AGP bus. Each of the AGP busses are connected to graphics processors. The bridge routes data requests from one graphics processor to the second graphics processor without accessing the system AGP bus based upon a memory mapping information stored in a routing table or a register set. In another aspect of the present invention, the bridge responds to initialization requests using attributes that may vary depending on the specific mode of operation. Another aspect of the present invention allows for conversion between various AGP protocol portions.

摘要翻译： 在具体实施例中，公开了一种用于提供视频的系统，该系统具有系统总线，其在一个实施例中是高级图形端口（AGP）总线。 系统总线连接到连接到第二和第三AGP总线的数据桥。 每个AGP总线都连接到图形处理器。 桥接器基于存储在路由表或寄存器组中的存储器映射信息，将数据请求从一个图形处理器路由到第二图形处理器而不访问系统AGP总线。 在本发明的另一方面，桥接器使用可以根据特定操作模式而变化的属性来响应初始化请求。 本发明的另一方面允许在各种AGP协议部分之间进行转换。

公开(公告)号：US06670958B1

公开(公告)日：2003-12-30

申请号：US09579224

申请日：2000-05-26

申请人： Milivoje Aleksic ,  Indra Laksono ,  Antonio Asaro ,  Andrew E. Gruber ,  Gordon Caruk ,  Brian Lee

发明人： Milivoje Aleksic ,  Indra Laksono ,  Antonio Asaro ,  Andrew E. Gruber ,  Gordon Caruk ,  Brian Lee

IPC分类号： G06F1516

CPC分类号： G06F3/14 ,  G09G5/363 ,  G09G2352/00

摘要： In a specific embodiment, a system for providing video includes a system bus, which in one embodiment is an Advanced Graphics Port (AGP) busy. The system bus is connected to a data bridge, which is connected to a second and third AGP bus. Each of the AGP busses are connected to graphics processors. The bridge routes data requests from one graphics processor to the second graphics processor without accessing the system AGP bus based upon a memory mapping information stored in a routing table or a register set. In another aspect of the present invention, the bridge responds to initialization requests using attributes that may vary depending on the specific mode of operation. Another aspect of the present invention allows for conversion between various AGP protocol portions.

摘要翻译： 在具体实施例中，用于提供视频的系统包括系统总线，其在一个实施例中是高级图形端口（AGP）忙。 系统总线连接到连接到第二和第三AGP总线的数据桥。 每个AGP总线都连接到图形处理器。 桥接器基于存储在路由表或寄存器组中的存储器映射信息，将数据请求从一个图形处理器路由到第二图形处理器而不访问系统AGP总线。 在本发明的另一方面，桥接器使用可以根据特定操作模式而变化的属性来响应初始化请求。 本发明的另一方面允许在各种AGP协议部分之间进行转换。

公开(公告)号：US06662257B1

公开(公告)日：2003-12-09

申请号：US09579202

申请日：2000-05-26

申请人： Gordon Caruk ,  Indra Laksono ,  Antonio Asaro ,  Andrew E. Gruber ,  Milivoje Aleksic ,  Brian Lee

发明人： Gordon Caruk ,  Indra Laksono ,  Antonio Asaro ,  Andrew E. Gruber ,  Milivoje Aleksic ,  Brian Lee

IPC分类号： G06F1314

CPC分类号： G06F13/404 ,  G06F3/14

摘要： In a specific embodiment, a system for providing video is disclosed, the system having a system bus, which in one embodiment is an Advanced Graphics Port (AGP) bus. The system bus is connected to a data bridge, which is connected to a second and third AGP bus. Each of the AGP busses are connected to graphics processors. The bridge routes data requests from one graphics processor to the second graphics processor without accessing the system AGP bus based upon a memory mapping information stored in a routing table or a register set. In another aspect of the present invention, the bridge responds to initialization requests using attributes that may vary depending on the specific mode of operation. Another aspect of the present invention allows for conversion between various AGP protocol portions.

摘要翻译： 在具体实施例中，公开了一种用于提供视频的系统，该系统具有系统总线，其在一个实施例中是高级图形端口（AGP）总线。 系统总线连接到连接到第二和第三AGP总线的数据桥。 每个AGP总线都连接到图形处理器。 桥接器基于存储在路由表或寄存器组中的存储器映射信息，将数据请求从一个图形处理器路由到第二图形处理器而不访问系统AGP总线。 在本发明的另一方面，桥接器使用可以根据特定操作模式而变化的属性来响应初始化请求。 本发明的另一方面允许在各种AGP协议部分之间进行转换。

公开(公告)号：US06728820B1

公开(公告)日：2004-04-27

申请号：US09579006

申请日：2000-05-26

申请人： Lee Brian ,  Indra Laksono ,  Antonio Asaro ,  Andrew E. Gruber ,  Gordon Caruk ,  Milivoje Aleksic

发明人： Lee Brian ,  Indra Laksono ,  Antonio Asaro ,  Andrew E. Gruber ,  Gordon Caruk ,  Milivoje Aleksic

IPC分类号： G06F1336

CPC分类号： G06F3/14

摘要： In a specific embodiment, a system for providing video is disclosed, the system having a system bus, which in one embodiment is an Advanced Graphics Port (AGP) bus. The system bus is connected to a data bridge, which is connected to a second and third AGP bus. Each of the AGP busses are connected to graphics processors. The bridge routes data requests from one graphics processor to the second graphics processor without accessing the system AGP bus based upon a memory mapping information stored in a routing table or a register set. In another aspect of the present invention, the bridge responds to initialization requests using attributes that may vary depending on the specific mode of operation. Another aspect of the present invention allows for conversion between various AGP protocol portions.

摘要翻译： 在具体实施例中，公开了一种用于提供视频的系统，该系统具有系统总线，其在一个实施例中是高级图形端口（AGP）总线。 系统总线连接到连接到第二和第三AGP总线的数据桥。 每个AGP总线都连接到图形处理器。 桥接器基于存储在路由表或寄存器组中的存储器映射信息，将数据请求从一个图形处理器路由到第二图形处理器而不访问系统AGP总线。 在本发明的另一方面，桥接器使用可以根据特定操作模式而变化的属性来响应初始化请求。 本发明的另一方面允许在各种AGP协议部分之间进行转换。

公开(公告)号：US06184908B2

公开(公告)日：2001-02-06

申请号：US09067512

申请日：1998-04-27

申请人： Jason CK Chan ,  Milivoje Aleksic ,  Antonio Asaro ,  James Doyle ,  Indra Laksono

发明人： Jason CK Chan ,  Milivoje Aleksic ,  Antonio Asaro ,  James Doyle ,  Indra Laksono

IPC分类号： G06F1500

CPC分类号： G06T15/005

摘要： To minimize CPU processing requirements for preparing and transferring data to a graphics processor, a graphics command processor is provided that supports application-level commands and references to the data associated with these commands. The graphics command processor parses the application command and data reference parameters, and subsequently fetches the appropriate graphics data from memory directly, without requiring additional CPU resources. To optimize performance, the graphics command processor fetches the data in parallel with the parsing and processing of the application commands from the CPU. The graphics command processor also includes a processing unit that converts the data from the format used by the application program to the format used for rendering. The graphics command processor creates the commands and data sequences used by a graphics engine to render each object of the image. Because the graphics command processor is closely coupled with the graphics engine, a number of efficiency can be gained, particularly with regard to the transfer of related data items. The processing of the primitive graphic command and data sequences by the graphics engine is asynchronous with the receipt of subsequent commands from the CPU and the fetching of subsequent data associated with the commands from the memory. In this manner, the latency associated with the conventional sequential processing of graphics data is minimized.

摘要翻译： 为了最大限度地减少CPU处理对图形处理器的准备和传输数据的需求，提供了一个图形命令处理器，支持应用级命令和对与这些命令相关联的数据的引用。 图形命令处理器解析应用程序命令和数据参考参数，然后直接从存储器中获取适当的图形数据，而不需要额外的CPU资源。 为了优化性能，图形命令处理器从CPU解析和处理应用程序命令并行获取数据。 图形命令处理器还包括处理单元，其将来自应用程序使用的格式的数据转换为用于呈现的格式。 图形命令处理器创建由图形引擎使用以渲染图像的每个对象的命令和数据序列。 因为图形命令处理器与图形引擎紧密耦合，所以可以获得许多效率，特别是关于相关数据项的传送。 图形引擎对原始图形命令和数据序列的处理与从CPU接收后续命令以及从与存储器的命令相关联的后续数据的获取是异步的。 以这种方式，与图形数据的常规顺序处理相关联的延迟最小化。

公开(公告)号：US06747654B1

公开(公告)日：2004-06-08

申请号：US09553977

申请日：2000-04-20

申请人： Indra Laksono ,  Milivoje Aleksic

发明人： Indra Laksono ,  Milivoje Aleksic

IPC分类号： G06F1516

CPC分类号： G06T15/005 ,  G06T1/20 ,  G06T2210/52

摘要： A multiple device frame synchronization method and apparatus utilizes events completion signaling between multiple devices, such as multiple graphics processors. The signaling serves as a stall command for stalling graphics data rendering commands in a command FIFO of the rendering engine of a graphics processor in response to a rendering complete signal, or other event signal generated by the other graphics processor. Accordingly, the processor that, for example, completes a current frame relay is stalled until the other processor has completed its rendering function for a particular odd line, even line, entire frame or partial frame as desired.

摘要翻译： 多设备帧同步方法和装置利用诸如多个图形处理器的多个设备之间的事件完成信令。 信令用作响应于再现完成信号或由另一图形处理器生成的其他事件信号而停止图形处理器的渲染引擎的命令FIFO中的图形数据呈现命令的停止命令。 因此，例如完成当前帧中继的处理器停止，直到另一个处理器根据需要完成其特定奇数行，偶数行，整个帧或部分帧的渲染功能。

公开(公告)号：US6141024A

公开(公告)日：2000-10-31

申请号：US792784

申请日：1997-02-03

申请人： Indra Laksono ,  Antonio Asaro ,  Carl K. Mizuyabu

发明人： Indra Laksono ,  Antonio Asaro ,  Carl K. Mizuyabu

IPC分类号： G09G5/393 ,  G09G5/36

CPC分类号： G09G5/393

摘要： A rasterizer is used with a processor capable of providing raster data indicative of a pattern of pixels to be formed on a display. Each pixel has an attribute represented by a data value. The rasterizer has a replicator connected to form at least two copies of the raster data. A graphics engine is connected to use the at least two copies to store the data values in a memory. An output circuit is connected to use the data values stored in the memory to form the pattern on the display.

摘要翻译： 光栅化器与能够提供指示要在显示器上形成的像素的图案的光栅数据的处理器一起使用。 每个像素具有由数据值表示的属性。 光栅化器具有连接的复制器以形成光栅数据的至少两个副本。 连接图形引擎以使用至少两个副本将数据值存储在存储器中。 连接输出电路以使用存储在存储器中的数据值在显示器上形成图案。

公开(公告)号：US06717620B1

公开(公告)日：2004-04-06

申请号：US09096550

申请日：1998-06-12

申请人： Paul Chow ,  Allen J. Porter ,  David A. Strasser ,  Antonio Asaro ,  Indra Laksono ,  Biljana D. Simsic

发明人： Paul Chow ,  Allen J. Porter ,  David A. Strasser ,  Antonio Asaro ,  Indra Laksono ,  Biljana D. Simsic

IPC分类号： H04N1104

CPC分类号： H04N19/433 ,  H04N19/44

摘要： A method and apparatus for decompressing compressed data, which includes video data that has been compressed in accordance with the MPEG 2 standard, wherein the processing begins by retrieving components from a non-local memory at a rate that is independent of the rate in which the components were written into the non-local memory. The components include motion vectors and run/level data. As the components are retrieved from memory, the run/level data is used to produce representations of the uncompressed data. As the representations of the uncompressed data are generated, they are processed based on the motion vector data to recapture the uncompressed data. The uncompressed data is then stored in a frame buffer for subsequent display.

摘要翻译： 一种用于解压缩压缩数据的方法和装置，其包括已经根据MPEG2标准被压缩的视频数据，其中该处理开始于以非速率独立于非本地存储器 组件被写入非本地内存。 这些组件包括运动矢量和运行/电平数据。 当从存储器检索组件时，运行/级别数据用于产生未压缩数据的表示。 当生成未压缩数据的表示时，将基于运动矢量数据对它们进行处理，以重新获取未压缩的数据。 然后将未压缩的数据存储在帧缓冲器中用于随后的显示。

公开(公告)号：US06339427B1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-15

申请号：US09211637

申请日：1998-12-15

申请人： Indra Laksono ,  Antonio Asaro

发明人： Indra Laksono ,  Antonio Asaro

IPC分类号： G06T1500

CPC分类号： G06T15/005

摘要： A graphics display command list handler and method requests allocation of memory, such as system memory, in the form of a circular FIFO which stores the display command list as a memory display list (MDL), such as a host memory display list. A processor, such as a graphics processor, communicates a host memory display list read pointer to the host processor to facilitate display list signaling by the graphics processor. The host processor (or other processor) maintains a write pointer which points to a last host memory entry in the display list. The read pointer is maintained by the graphics processor and written back to the host processor.

摘要翻译： 图形显示命令列表处理程序和方法请求以循环FIFO的形式分配诸如系统存储器的存储显示命令列表作为诸如主机存储器显示列表的存储器显示列表（MDL）的存储器。 诸如图形处理器的处理器将主机存储器显示列表读取指针传送到主机处理器以便于图形处理器的显示列表信令。 主机处理器（或其他处理器）维护写入指针，该指针指向显示列表中的最后一个主机存储器条目。 读指针由图形处理器维护并写回到主处理器。