A sorting fifo for use in a memory controller of a graphics system is provided to rearrange the order of an incoming stream of pixels such that groups of pixels to the same page are grouped together. By rearranging the order of pixels before they are forwarded to a frame buffer memory, the repaging delays...http://www.google.com/patents/US6002412?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6002412 - Increased performance of graphics memory using page sorting fifos