Patent attributes
Systems and methods for addressing memory using non-power-of-two virtual memory page sizes improve graphics memory bandwidth by distributing graphics data for efficient access during rendering. Various partition strides may be selected for each virtual memory page to modify the number of sequential addresses mapped to each physical memory partition and change the interleaving granularity. The addressing scheme allows for modification of a bank interleave pattern for each virtual memory page to reduce bank conflicts and improve memory bandwidth utilization. The addressing scheme also allows for modification of a partition interleave pattern for each virtual memory page to distribute accesses amongst multiple partitions and improve memory bandwidth utilization.
