Graphics engine resource management and allocation system

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of computer implementable instructions for carrying out steps of any of a method for allocating resources for rendering comprising computer implemented steps of:

• assembling a plurality of rendering nodes each having a defined input and output, wherein each render node is a routine and/or a piece of work which is to be performed by a graphics processing unit (GPU), creating a schedule for the plurality of rendering nodes based at least on the defined input and output, wherein the plurality of rendering nodes are scheduled such that more than one rendering algorithm can be carried out at a point in time, defining a set of system resource barriers for processing the set of rendering nodes based on the created schedule, wherein the defined set of system resource barriers and the created schedule are stored in a computer readable medium prior to rendering, wherein the method includes creating a high level rendering pipeline and a lower level rendering pipeline, wherein the high level rendering pipeline includes said assembly of rendering nodes and their dependencies, and wherein the lower level rendering pipeline includes creating the schedule and defined set of system resource barriers, and wherein the lower rendering pipeline further includes determining minimal state transitions and/or memory requirements for each of the rendering nodes, and wherein a lower level rendering pipeline can determine how many rendering nodes can be run parallel at the same time at a given point in time.

A method for rendering an image on an electronic display device comprising computer implemented steps of:

• receiving a set of system resource barriers for a graphics processing unit (GPU) associated with the electronic display device,
• receiving a scheduled order of a set of rendering algorithms to be rendered by the GPU, wherein at least some of the rendering algorithms can be processed at the same time,
• rendering an image on the electronic display device by carrying out the rendering algorithms in accordance with the received schedule using assigned system resources of the GPU based on the set of received system resource barriers,
• wherein the defined set of system resource barriers and the created schedule are stored in a computer readable medium prior to rendering,
• wherein the method includes creating a high level rendering pipeline and a lower level rendering pipeline, wherein the high level rendering pipeline includes said assembly of rendering nodes and their dependencies, and wherein the lower level rendering pipeline includes creating the schedule and defined set of system resource harriers, and wherein the lower level rendering pipeline further includes determining minimal state transitions and/or memory requirements for each of the rendering nodes, and
• wherein the lower level rendering pipeline can determine how many rendering nodes can be run parallel at the same time at a given point in time.