Method and system for remapping processing elements in a pipeline of a graphics processing unit

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PATENT NO 8711156
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10956609

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A method and system for remapping units that are disabled to active units in a 3-D graphics pipeline. Specifically, in one embodiment, a method remaps processing elements in a pipeline of a graphics pipeline unit. Graphical input data are received. Then the number of enabled processing elements are determined from a plurality of processing elements. Each of the enabled processing elements are virtually addressed above a translator to virtually process the graphical input data. Then, the virtual addresses of each of the enabled processing elements are mapped to physical addresses of the enabled processing elements at the translator. The graphical input data are physically processed at the physical addresses of the enabled processing elements. In addition, each of the enabled processing elements are physically addressed below the translator to further process the graphical input data.

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  • NVIDIA CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Acocella, Dominic Blainville, CA 11 177
Gimby, Robert W West Bloomfield, US 5 48
Kong, Thomas H Los Altos, US 7 38
McDonald, Timothy J Austin, US 27 170

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