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

Claim 17:
18. 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; and
wherein the determining at the first GPU that the first piece of geometry overlaps the first screen region includes testing the first piece of geometry for overlap of the first screen region during a geometry processing stage of a graphics pipeline.