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US 2003/0117406 A1Published application
Graphics accelerator
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsAlexander G. MacInnis, Chengfuh Jeffrey Tang, Xiaodong Xie, James T. Patterson, Greg A. Kranawetter
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Abstract
A graphics display system integrated circuit processes analog video input, digital video input, and graphics input. The system incorporates a graphics accelerator that includes memory for graphics data. The accelerator preferably includes a coprocessor for performing vector type operations on a plurality of components of one pixel of the graphics data. The accelerator also includes an expanded instruction set for storing and loading data.
Claims58
A graphics accelerator comprising:
- a memory for graphics data, the graphics data including pixels;
- and
- a coprocessor for performing vector type operations on a plurality of components of one pixel of the graphics data.
A method of processing graphics comprising the steps of:
- loading graphics data into a graphics accelerator having a coprocessor, the graphics data including pixels, each pixel having a plurality of components;
- and
- performing vector type operations on the plurality of components of each pixel of graphics data using the coprocessor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.