US 12,315,035 B2
Input/output filter unit for graphics processing unit
Kristof Beets, Abbots Langley (GB)
Assigned to Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley (GB)
Filed by Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley (GB)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/595,138.
Application 18/595,138 is a continuation of application No. 17/350,534, filed on Jun. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,922,536.
Claims priority of application No. 2009266 (GB), filed on Jun. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0202864 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 1/60 (2006.01); G06F 7/57 (2006.01); G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 1/60 (2013.01) [G06F 7/57 (2013.01); G06F 13/122 (2013.01); G06T 11/001 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An input/output filter unit for use in a graphics processing unit, the input/output filter unit comprising:
a first buffer;
a second buffer;
a filter bank configurable to perform any of a plurality of types of filtering on a set of data, the plurality of types of filtering comprising one or more types of texture filtering and one or more types of pixel filtering; and
control logic configured to cause the filter bank to: (i) perform one of the plurality of types of filtering on a set of data stored in one of the first and second buffers using a set of weights, and (ii) store the results of the filtering in one of the first and second buffers.