Graphics Hardware: Specialty Memories, Simple Framebuffers
Introduction
Memory Issues: Density
Memory Issues: Performance
Memory Issues:Cost
Single Port FrameBuffer
Double Buffering Can Help
A 2D Accelerator with Single Port DRAM
Specialty Memories for Graphics
PPT Slide
VRAM Details
Mapping Pixels to Memory
Multiple pixels per word
Loading the SAM
Fill Operation Support
Fill can also do Stenciling
Getting Pixels on the Screen
DAC Bit assignments
VRAM to DAC
Two Frame Buffers
IBM SGRAM Features
Sample Configuration
More Numbers
Parallel Pixel Ops
Non-Parallel Pixel Ops
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