A mechanism for providing multiple screen regions on a high resolution

A method comprising:

• generating frame buffer coordinates to split frame buffer data into a plurality of regions, each corresponding to a frame buffer coordinate;
• processing frame buffer data corresponding to separate regions of the frame buffer identified by the frame buffer coordinates in parallel at two or more of a plurality of pipes;
• controlling an order of transmission of the frame buffer data from each of the two or more pipes to a first transcoder based on a fetch order;
• and
• merging the frame buffer data into an output signal at the first transcoder.

A computer system comprising:

• a display device;
• digital display interface (DDI) couple to the display device;
• and
• a display engine, coupled to the DDI, comprising:
• a surface splitter to generate frame buffer coordinates to split frame buffer data into a plurality of regions, each corresponding to a frame buffer coordinate;
• a pipeline, including a plurality of pipes, to receive the frame buffer coordinates, wherein two or more of the plurality of pipes operate in parallel to process frame buffer data corresponding to a region of the frame buffer identified by the frame buffer coordinates;
• a first of a plurality of transcoders to merge the frame buffer data from each of the two or more pipes into an output signal whenever the display engine is operating in a multi-pipe collaboration mode;
• and
• a multiplexer (Mux) and multi-stream arbiter to control an order of transmission of the frame buffer data from each of the two or more pipes to the first transcoder based on a fetch order received from the surface splitter.

At least one computer-readable medium having instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• generate frame buffer coordinates to split frame buffer data into a plurality of regions, each corresponding to a frame buffer coordinate;
• process frame buffer data corresponding to separate regions of the frame buffer identified by the frame buffer coordinates in parallel at two or more of a plurality of pipes;
• control an order of transmission of the frame buffer data from each of the two or more pipes to a first transcoder based on a fetch order;
• and
• merge the frame buffer data into an output signal at the first transcoder.