Graphics Engine And Environment For Efficient Real Time Rendering Of Graphics That Are Not Pre-Known

A non-transitory program storage device, readable by a processor and comprising instructions stored thereon to cause one or more processors to:

• receive a logical representation of a requested graphic for immediate display on a display element of a computer system, wherein the requested graphic comprises portions that have not been pre-rendered;
• evaluate the logical representation of the requested graphic to derive a plurality of statements representing commands to a target hardware, wherein the statements represent portions of the requested graphic that have not been pre-rendered;
• sort the plurality of statements into two or more groups of statements,
• wherein each group of the two or more groups represents statements having a commonality, the commonality comprising one of:
• requiring a common GPU state;
• requiring the same target GPU, in a system having multiple GPUs;
• each statement being associated with the same graphic surface;
• determine if a first group of statements is ready for rendering;
• if the first group of statements is ready for rendering, commit the first group of statements to a first pre-rendering buffer;
• determine if a second group of statements is ready for rendering;
• if the second group of statements is ready for rendering, commit the second group of statements to a second pre-rendering buffer;
• composite the contents of the first pre-rendering buffer and the second pre-rendering buffer into a frame buffer for display on the display element.

A system comprising:

• one or more CPUs;
• one or more GPUs for processing a graphics request;
• one or more memories for storing program instructions for the one or more CPUs and one or more GPUs, where certain instructions, when executed, cause the one or more CPUs or the one or more GPUs to:
• receive a logical representation of a requested graphic for immediate display on a display element of a computer system, wherein the requested graphic comprises portions that have not been pre-rendered;
• evaluate the logical representation of the requested graphic to derive a plurality of statements representing commands to a target hardware, wherein the statements represent portions of the requested graphic that have not been pre-rendered;
• sort the plurality of statements into two or more groups of statements,
• wherein each group of the two or more groups represents statements having a commonality, the commonality comprising one of:
• requiring a common GPU state;
• requiring the same target GPU, in a system having multiple GPUs;
• each statement being associated with the same graphic surface;
• determine if a first group of statements is ready for rendering;
• if the first group of statements is ready for rendering, commit the first group of statements to a first pre-rendering buffer;
• determine if a second group of statements is ready for rendering;
• if the second group of statements is ready for rendering, commit the second group of statements to a second pre-rendering buffer;
• composite the contents of the first pre-rendering buffer and the second pre-rendering buffer into a frame buffer for display on the display element.