Patent ID: 7239322
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: G06F,G06T,G09G

Abstract:
1. A multi-thread graphics processing system comprising: a first reservation station having a plurality of first command threads stored therein; a second reservation station having a plurality of graphic command threads stored therein; an arbiter coupled to the first reservation station and the second reservation station such that the arbiter retrieves a selected command thread from one of the plurality of first command threads and the plurality of graphic command threads; and a graphics processing engine operably coupled to the arbiter such that the selected command thread is received and processed by the graphics processing engine, wherein the graphics processing engine is operably coupled to the first reservation station and the second reservation station such that upon processing the selected command thread, the selected command thread is updated in the first reservation station if the selected command thread was previously retrieved from the first reservation station, and the selected command thread is updated in the second reservation station if the selected command thread was previously retrieved from the second reservation station.