Patent ID: 6674536
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
A method of rendering image data, said method comprising the steps of:generating a plurality of instruction streams; and executing instructions one at a time within a graphics co-processor, wherein the graphics co-processor comprises one or more reconfigurable units for executing the instructions, and wherein said executing step comprises the sub-steps of: (a) determining one instruction stream from the plurality of instruction streams in accordance with a priority and one or more predefined priority rules; (b) fetching an instruction not previously fetched from the determined instruction stream; (c) decoding the fetched instruction; (d) reconfiguring the one or more reconfigurable units in accordance with the decoded fetched instruction; (e) executing the decoded fetched instruction; and (f) repeating the sub-steps (a) through (e).