SWITCHABLE IMAGE SOURCE IN A HYBRID GRAPHICS SYSTEMS

Registre Brevet USPTO
Numéro d'application 17859984
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2022-07-07
Date de la première publication 2023-01-19
Date de publication 2023-01-19
Propriétaire Intel Corporation (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Akiyama, James E.
  • Howard, John
  • Ramadoss, Murali
  • Smith, Gary K.
  • Witter, Todd M.
  • Ramanathan, Satish
  • Li, Zhengmin

Abrégé

Examples described herein relate to a graphics processing system that includes one or more integrated graphics systems and one or more discrete graphics systems. In some examples, an operating system (OS) or other software supports switching between image display data being provided from either an integrated graphics system or a discrete graphics system by configuring a multiplexer at runtime to output image data to a display. In some examples, a multiplexer is not used and interface supported messages are used to transfer image data from an integrated graphics system to a discrete graphics system and the discrete graphics system generates and outputs image data to a display. In some examples, interface supported messages are used to transfer image data from a discrete graphics system to an integrated graphics system and the integrated graphics system uses an overlay process to generate a composite image for output to a display.

Classes IPC  ?

  • G06T 1/20 - Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining
  • G09G 5/36 - Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the display of individual graphic patterns using a bit-mapped memory
  • G09G 5/14 - Display of multiple viewports