US 11,954,792 B2
Real-time GPU rendering with performance guaranteed power management
Benjamin Koon Pan Chan, Markham (CA); William Lloyd Atkinson, Markham (CA); Clarence Ip, Markham (CA); and Tung Chuen Kwong, Markham (CA)
Assigned to ATI Technologies ULC, Markham (CA)
Filed by ATI Technologies ULC, Markham (CA)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/408,034.
Application 17/408,034 is a continuation of application No. 16/457,179, filed on Jun. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,100,698, issued on Aug. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2021/0383596 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. G06T 15/20 (2011.01); G06F 15/78 (2006.01); G06T 1/20 (2006.01); G09G 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 15/205 (2013.01) [G06F 15/7814 (2013.01); G06T 1/20 (2013.01); G09G 5/14 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0261 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power management unit comprising:
a control unit comprising circuitry configured to:
monitor inputs that correspond to rendering tasks for a current frame being rendered;
access data identifying a performance setting based on a number of rendering tasks and an amount of time remaining until a synchronization event;
retrieve the performance setting from the data, responsive to the access; and
cause the rendering tasks to be executed using the performance setting.