Patent ID: 7986327

Claim:
A graphics processing unit, comprising: a memory controller coupled to a local memory and configured to access data from the local memory that is organized within the local memory as one or more groups of blocks (GOBs), wherein each GOB includes eight sectors and four rows of data such that each row of data traverses four of the eight sectors; and a display controller coupled to the memory controller and configured to access data from the local memory for display, wherein the display controller is further configured to transmit a read request to the memory controller to access a first row of data from the local memory, the read request including a command field, a row field, an address field and a sector field, and wherein the command field indicates a read or write memory access, the address field specifies a GOB within the local memory, the sector field specifies a sector within the GOB, and the row field specifies a row within the GOB, the sector being a vertical portion of the GOB and the row being a horizontal portion of the GOB.