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US 8,264,491 B1Granted
System, method, and computer program product for controlling a shader to gather statistics
AssigneeNVIDIA Corporation
InventorCass W. Everitt
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for controlling a shader to gather statistics. In use, instructions are received utilizing a programmable interface. A shader is then controlled to gather statistics based on the instructions. Such statistics are further output to memory utilizing the shader.
Claims22
A method, comprising:
- receiving instructions utilizing a programmable interface;
- controlling a shader to gather statistics based on the instructions;
- and
- outputting the statistics to memory utilizing the shader;
- wherein the statistics relate to operation of the shader and include a number of primitives, a number of vertices, and a number of total samples.
2 more elements
A data structure embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:
- a programmable interface for receiving instructions capable of controlling a shader to gather statistics and output the statistics to memory;
- wherein the statistics relate to operation of the shader and include a number of primitives, a number of vertices, and a number of total samples.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor for receiving instructions capable of controlling a shader to gather statistics and output the statistics to memory;
- wherein the statistics relate to operation of the shader and include a number of primitives, a number of vertices, and a number of total samples.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.