Patent ID: 11941740
Assignee: ARM LIMITED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. A method, comprising: processing a plurality of graphics primitives utilizing a graphics processor, including:
storing shaded vertex content for a first plurality of vertices pertaining to the plurality of graphic primitives in a segmented vertex buffer local to the graphics processor;
tracking most recently allocated vertex content for the plurality of graphics primitives at least in part by storing a plurality of vertex identifier parameters for a second plurality of vertices pertaining to the plurality of graphic primitives in a sliding window buffer local to the graphics processor, wherein the sliding window buffer is separate from the segmented vertex buffer and wherein the second plurality of vertices comprises a subset of the first plurality of vertices, wherein the tracking the most recently allocated vertex content for the plurality of graphic primitives comprises storing in the sliding window buffer parameters representative of offsets into one or more segments of the segmented vertex buffer for the respective second plurality of vertices; and
incrementing a reference count parameter for a first segment of the one or more segments of the segmented vertex buffer responsive at least in part to a storing of one or more vertices for a first primitive of the plurality of graphics primitives in the first segment of the one or more segments of the segmented vertex buffer.