Patent ID: 8643655
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating with an external device through a processing unit in a graphics system of a computing device, comprising: retrieving identification information of the external device, wherein the identification information causes a corresponding driver to be invoked or installed; allocating a first set of memory buffers having a first memory buffer and a second memory buffer in the graphics system based on the identification information of the external device; subsequent to retrieving the identification information of the external device, receiving a first data stream from the external device through an input/output (I/O) interface of the processing unit of the graphics system; and invoking a first thread processor of the processing unit of the graphics system to perform services associated with a physical layer according to the identification information of the external device by storing the first data stream in the first memory buffer and retrieving a second data stream from the second memory buffer for transmission to the external device through the I/O interface of the processing unit.