ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,416, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Distributed geometry" was invented by Todd Martin (Orlando, Fla.), Tad Robert Litwiller (Orlando, Fla.), Nishank Pathak (Orlando, Fla.) and Randy Wayne Ramsey (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing geometry work in parallel on multiple chiplets are disclosed. A system includes a chiplet processor with multiple chiplets for performing graphics work in parallel. Instead of having a central distributor to distribute work to the individual chiplets, each chiplet determines on its own the work...