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Samsung patents cache system for storing image details in graphics chips

Samsung describes a method for storing individual pixels, known as texels, in separate sections of a temporary memory area called a cache. The system allows different processing threads to save these uncompressed image details in distinct partitions to manage data flow within a graphics processor.

Why it mattersThis is a low-level hardware optimization that helps graphics chips handle image data more efficiently, though it is unlikely to be noticeable to everyday users.

In the filing’s own words

A cache for texture elements. In some embodiments, a method includes: storing, by a first thread executing in a processing circuit, a first uncompressed texel in a first partition, of a first cache; and storing, by a second thread executing in the processing circuit, a second uncompressed texel in a second partition of the first cache, the second partition being different from the first partition.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method, comprising: storing, by a first thread executing in a processing circuit, a first uncompressed texel in a first partition, of a first cache; and storing, by a second thread executing in the processing circuit, a second uncompressed texel in a second partition of the first cache, the second partition being different from the first partition.

Facts

Company: Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title: CACHE FOR TEXTURE ELEMENTS
Publication number: US20260268435A1
Application number: 19292894
Filed: Aug 6, 2025
Published: Sep 10, 2026
Inventors: 5
Claims: 20

Classified under

G06T 1/60 Physics & computingG06T 15/005 Physics & computing

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