Patent ID: 7369134
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A system for memory management for concurrent graphics processing, said system comprising: a plurality of multimedia applications; a primary memory operable for storing presentation data and display buffers associated with each of said plurality of multimedia applications, wherein the presentation data includes 3-D geometric information; a rasterizer coupled to said primary memory to receive said presentation data as input and operable to render 2-D images from said presentation data and to store rendered 2-D images in the display buffers wherein the received presentation data includes 3-D geometric information; and a memory manager coupled to said primary memory and coupled to said plurality of multimedia applications to adjust an amount of use of said primary memory by at least one of the plurality of multimedia applications to permit said plurality of multimedia applications to operate concurrently, wherein the adjustment further comprises scaling portions of said presentation data to make available a portion of said primary memory wherein the portions of said presentation data scaled by the memory manager include 3-D geometric information.