DE69918022D1 - Keine blockierung erforderndes textur-cache-system - Google Patents

Keine blockierung erforderndes textur-cache-system

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DE69918022D1
DE69918022D1 DE69918022T DE69918022T DE69918022D1 DE 69918022 D1 DE69918022 D1 DE 69918022D1 DE 69918022 T DE69918022 T DE 69918022T DE 69918022 T DE69918022 T DE 69918022T DE 69918022 D1 DE69918022 D1 DE 69918022D1
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cache system
texture cache
required texture
blocking required
blocking
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Dong-Ying Kuo
Zhou Hong
Randy Zhao
Roger Niu
Poornachandra Rao
Lin Chen
Jeremy Alves
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S3 Graphics Co Ltd
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S3 Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/08—Addressing or allocation; Relocation in hierarchically structured memory systems, e.g. virtual memory systems
    • G06F12/0802—Addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means, e.g. caches
    • G06F12/0875—Addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means, e.g. caches with dedicated cache, e.g. instruction or stack
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/08—Addressing or allocation; Relocation in hierarchically structured memory systems, e.g. virtual memory systems
    • G06F12/0802—Addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means, e.g. caches
    • G06F12/0864—Addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means, e.g. caches using pseudo-associative means, e.g. set-associative or hashing
DE69918022T 1998-04-09 1999-03-04 Keine blockierung erforderndes textur-cache-system Expired - Lifetime DE69918022T2 (de)

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US09/057,628 US6011565A (en) 1998-04-09 1998-04-09 Non-stalled requesting texture cache
US57628 1998-04-09
PCT/US1999/004778 WO1999053402A1 (en) 1998-04-09 1999-03-04 Non-stalled requesting texture cache system and method

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US (1) US6011565A (de)
EP (1) EP0998709B1 (de)
JP (1) JP4205176B2 (de)
AU (1) AU2983199A (de)
CA (1) CA2293634C (de)
DE (1) DE69918022T2 (de)
WO (1) WO1999053402A1 (de)

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EP0998709A1 (de) 2000-05-10
JP2002504251A (ja) 2002-02-05
WO1999053402A1 (en) 1999-10-21
JP4205176B2 (ja) 2009-01-07
US6011565A (en) 2000-01-04
EP0998709A4 (de) 2000-05-24
EP0998709B1 (de) 2004-06-16
AU2983199A (en) 1999-11-01

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