Samsung S5PC110, Manual

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S5PC110_UM 5 4BG3D
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G3D
5.1 OVERVIEW OF G3D
The G3D block is based on the SGX540 core from Imagination Technologies. SGX represents a new generation
of programmable PowerVR graphics IP cores. The PowerVR SGX architecture is scalable and can target all
market segments--from mainstream mobile devices to high-end desktop graphics. The PowerVR SGX540 core is
designed for feature phones, PDA, and handheld gaming applications.
PowerVR SGX processes a number of differing multimedia data types concurrently, such as:
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Pixel Data
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Vertex Data
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General Purpose Processing
5.1.1 KEY FEATURES OF G3D
The key features of G3D include:
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Supports 3D and vector graphics on common hardware
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Uses Tile-based architecture
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Incorporates Universal Scalable Shader engine, which is a multi-threaded engine with Pixel and Vertex
Shader functionality
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Supports industry standard APIs such as OGL-ES 1.1 and 2.0, OpenVG 1.0
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Supports multiple operating systems such as Symbian, Linux, WinCE, and future versions of these systems
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Enables fine-grained task switching, load balancing, and power management
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Supports advanced geometry DMA driven operation for minimum CPU interaction
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Supports programmable high-quality image anti-aliasing
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Enables fully virtualized memory addressing for smooth functioning of operating system in a unified memory
architecture
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Supports standard master and slave AXI bus interfaces