Sharing a graphical processing unit between a plurality of programs

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8203568
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13298266

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A centralised server in a bank (50) of servers runs a program for use by a user at a remote terminal (52, 56, 58). In the server, a plurality of programs share a GPU and instructions are used to cause the GPU to store the frames representing graphics of different programs at different memory locations. The frames are compressed and transmitted to remote terminals. Optionally the invention also allows for GPU time slice allocation, such that the GPU completes rendering the frame of one program before it renders the frame of another program. Optionally the invention also allows delivering false information about the capabilities of the GPU to the programs.

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T5 LABS LTD31 BELITHA VILLAS LONDON N1 1PE

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Clemie, Graham London, GB 12 333
Duckett, Dedrick Jasper, US 12 310

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