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US 2003/0151602 A1Published application
Bin pointer and state caching apparatus and method
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJonathan B. Sadowsky, Aditya Navale
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Abstract
A computer graphics system is provided that includes a memory to store image data, a bin pointer list to store information regarding a plurality of image subscenes, and a pointer cache system to maintain data regarding the plurality of image subscenes. The pointer cache system may include a tag array section, a data array section and a decoupling section.
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A graphics controller comprising:
- a bin pointer list containing information regarding image data for each of a plurality of subscenes;
- and
- a pointer cache system to store accesses to the bin pointer list.
A computer graphics system comprising:
- a memory to store image data;
- a bin pointer list to store information regarding a plurality of image subscenes;
- and
- a pointer cache system to maintain data regarding said plurality of image subscenes, wherein said pointer cache system comprises a tag array section and a data array section.
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A method comprising:
- maintaining a bin pointer list containing information regarding image data for a plurality of subscenes;
- making a data request to a pointer cache system to determine if said pointer cache system contains information relating to said data request;
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- obtaining information from said pointer cache system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.