Inventors:
Gary C. Tiggs - Daly City CA, US
Earl M. Stahl - Hillsborough CA, US
Assignee:
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. - Sunnyvale CA
International Classification:
G06T 1/60
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for processing data in a system comprising a central processing unit (CPU), a system memory, and a graphics processing unit (GPU) includes determining whether the GPU is an integrated graphics processor (IGP). Based upon a determination that the GPU is an IGP, data stored in the system memory is accessed by the GPU without copying the data to a memory on the GPU. Processing is performed on the data in the GPU.