Intel i5-2540M FF8062700839209 User Manual

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The outputs of the graphics engine are surfaces sent to memory, which are then 

retrieved and processed by the planes. The surfaces are then blended in the pipes and 

the display timings are transitioned from display core clock to the pixel (dot) clock.

The 3D graphics pipeline architecture simultaneously operates on different primitives or 

on different portions of the same primitive. All the cores are fully programmable, 

increasing the versatility of the 3D Engine. The Gen 5.75 3D engine provides the 

following performance and power-management enhancements:

• Execution units (EUs) increased to 12 from the previous 10 EUs in Gen 5.0.
• Includes Hierarchal-Z
• Includes video quality enhancements

• Support 12 EUs. The EUs perform 128-bit wide execution per clock. 
• Support SIMD8 instructions for vertex processing and SIMD16 instructions for pixel 

processing.

The VF stage executes 3DPRIMITIVE commands. Some enhancements have been 

included to better support legacy D3D APIs as well as SGI OpenGL*.

The VS stage performs shading of vertices output by the VF function. The VS unit 

produces an output vertex reference for every input vertex reference received from the 

VF unit, in the order received. 

Plane A

Cursor B

Sprite B

Plane B

Cursor A

Sprite A

Pipe B

Pipe A

Memory

M

U

X

VGA

Alpha 

Blend/ 

Gamma

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