Patent ID: 11961159
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A method, comprising:
dividing responsibility for rendering geometry of graphics between a plurality of graphics processing units (GPUs) based on a plurality of screen regions corresponding to a display, each of the plurality of GPUs having a corresponding division of the responsibility for rendering which is known to the plurality of GPUs;
rendering a plurality of pieces of geometry of an image frame using the plurality of GPUs executing a plurality of commands loaded to a rendering command buffer;
begin rendering a first piece of geometry at a first GPU using the plurality of commands;
determining at the first GPU that the first piece of geometry overlaps a first screen region of which the first GPU has a first division of the responsibility for rendering;
executing to completion the rendering of the first piece of geometry at the first GPU based on the determining that the first piece of geometry overlaps the first screen region;
receiving at the first GPU a hint from a second GPU that a second piece of geometry does not overlap any screen region of which the first GPU has the first division of the responsibility for rendering; and
skipping rendering of the second piece of geometry at the first GPU.