Apparatus and method for real time graphics processing using local and cloud-based graphics processing resources

• Main Authors: Marshall, Carl S, Gokulrangan, Venkat R, Iyer, Ravishankar, Feit, John, Panneer, Selvakumar
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.02.2023
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; CALCULATING; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; PHYSICS; SPORTS; VIDEO GAMES

An apparatus and method for scheduling threads on local and remote processing resources. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a local graphics processor to execute threads of an application; graphics processor virtualization circuitry and/or logic to generate a virtualized representation of a local processor; a scheduler to identify a first subset of the threads for execution on a local graphics processor and a second subset of the threads for execution on a virtualized representation of a local processor; the scheduler to schedule the first subset of threads on the local graphics processor and the second subset of the threads by transmitting the threads or a representation thereof to Cloud-based processing resources associated with the virtualized representation of the local processor; and the local graphics processor to combine first results of executing the first subset of threads on the local graphics processor with second results of executing the second subset of threads on the Cloud-based processing resources to render an image frame.