US 12,462,326 B2 · Method and apparatus for buffer sharing

Abstract

Embodiments are generally directed to methods and apparatuses for buffer sharing. An embodiment of a method comprises: receiving a plurality of graphics data comprising a first graphics data, each of the plurality of graphics data mapped to a corresponding buffer in a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) memory, wherein the first graphics data is mapped to a first buffer in the GPU memory; receiving a second graphics data mapped to a second buffer in the GPU memory; comparing the first buffer mapped by the first graphics data with the second buffer mapped by the second graphics data; and remapping the second graphics data to the first buffer if the first buffer is identical with the second buffer.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry coupled to a memory, the processing circuitry to:
compare a first buffer mapped by first graphics data with a second buffer mapped by second graphics data;
remap the second graphics data to the first buffer when the first buffer is identical to the second buffer;
and
switch a first buffer indicator associated with the first buffer with a second buffer indicator associated with the second buffer.

2 more elements

A method comprising:

comparing, by processing circuitry of a computing device, a first buffer mapped by first graphics data with a second buffer mapped by second graphics data;
remap the second graphics data to the first buffer when the first buffer is identical to the second buffer;
and
switch a first buffer indicator associated with the first buffer with a second buffer indicator associated with the second buffer.

1 more element

At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed, cause a computing device to perform operations comprising:

comparing, by processing circuitry of the computing device, a first buffer mapped by first graphics data with a second buffer mapped by second graphics data;
remap the second graphics data to the first buffer when the first buffer is identical to the second buffer;
and
switch a first buffer indicator associated with the first buffer with a second buffer indicator associated with the second buffer.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/162,376Filed 31 Jan 2023 · continuation

Priority

CN 202010254401.52 Apr 2020

Published

US 2023/0267568 A124 Aug 2023

Granted

4 Nov 2025

Term ends

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Classification12 codes

G06F 12/109
Address translation: for multiple virtual address spaces, e.g. segmentation
G06T 1/20
General purpose image data processing: processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining
G06F 9/5027
To service a request: the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
G06F 9/5061
Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]: partitioning or combining of resources

Family

Application17/126,856Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Dec 2020

US 2023/0267568 A1Pre-grant publication · published 24 Aug 2023

US 11,574,381 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2021/0312585 A1Published application

US 12,462,326 B2This patent

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Method and apparatus for buffer sharing

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