Systems, apparatuses, and methods for enabling indirect chaining of command buffers are disclosed. A system includes at least first and second processors and a memory. The first processor generates a plurality of command buffers and stores the plurality of command buffers in the memory. The first processor also generates and stores, in the memory, a table with entries specifying addresses of the plurality of command buffers and an order in which to process the command buffers. The first processor conveys an indirect buffer packet to the second processor, where the indirect buffer packet specifies a location and a size of the table in the memory. The second processor retrieves an initial entry from the table, processes a first command buffer at the address specified in the initial entry, and then returns to the table for the next entry upon completing processing of the first command buffer.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for enabling indirect chaining of command buffers are disclosed. A system includes at least first and second processors and a memory. The first processor generates a plurality of command buffers and stores the plurality of command buffers in the memory. The first processor also generates and stores, in the memory, a table with entries specifying addresses of the plurality of command buffers and an order in which to process the command buffers. The first processor conveys an indirect buffer packet to the second processor, where the indirect buffer packet specifies a location and a size of the table in the memory. The second processor retrieves an initial entry from the table, processes a first command buffer at the address specified in the initial entry, and then returns to the table for the next entry upon completing processing of the first command buffer.

Embodiments are directed to providing direct access to graphical user interface (GUI) frame buffers and to associating input hardware with a login session. In one scenario, a computer system registers a plug-in software module with a remote desktop client. The registering includes requesting one or more frame buffers rendered for display on a computer system display. The computer system determines that a session has been established between a computer system user and the remote desktop client. The computer system then receives the requested frame buffers and displays the frame buffers on the computer system display and/or sends the received frame buffers to various registered third parties.

Embodiments are directed to providing direct access to graphical user interface (GUI) frame buffers and to associating input hardware with a login session. In one scenario, a computer system registers a plug-in software module with a remote desktop client. The registering includes requesting one or more frame buffers rendered for display on a computer system display. The computer system determines that a session has been established between a computer system user and the remote desktop client. The computer system then receives the requested frame buffers and displays the frame buffers on the computer system display and/or sends the received frame buffers to various registered third parties.

A mobile device display comprises a normal operating mode and a power save mode. The display comprises an area for use during power save mode operation of the mobile device. The area is a portion of a full display area or the full display area. The mobile device comprises a memory that comprises an application program. The mobile device displays a first content relating to the application program in the area. The content is displayed for a first determined time period or until the mobile device transitions from the power save mode to the normal operating mode, when the mobile device is in the power save mode and the user controllable application program is running, the first determined time period is provided by the application program.

An information processing apparatus includes: a processor; an image processor to produce an image data for being displayed on a display; and a memory to store a screen data, the screen data being capable of being transferred from the memory to the image processor at a higher transfer rate and a lower transfer rate; wherein, when a new screen data is transferred from the memory to the image processor, the processor sets the lower transfer rate during an interval at which the image processor switches the image data from an old image data to a new image data.

An information processing apparatus includes: a processor; an image processor to produce an image data for being displayed on a display; and a memory to store a screen data, the screen data being capable of being transferred from the memory to the image processor at a higher transfer rate and a lower transfer rate; wherein, when a new screen data is transferred from the memory to the image processor, the processor sets the lower transfer rate during an interval at which the image processor switches the image data from an old image data to a new image data.

A display controller of a data processing system fetches data for surfaces to be displayed from memory of the data processing system into a local buffer or buffers of the display controller and provides that data from the local buffer or buffers of the display controller to a display for display. If the display controller determines that data to be provided to the display has not been fetched into a local buffer of the display controller, it provides data that has previously been fetched into the local buffer of the display controller to the display in place of the data that has not been fetched into a local buffer of the display controller.

A display controller of a data processing system fetches data for surfaces to be displayed from memory of the data processing system into a local buffer or buffers of the display controller and provides that data from the local buffer or buffers of the display controller to a display for display. If the display controller determines that data to be provided to the display has not been fetched into a local buffer of the display controller, it provides data that has previously been fetched into the local buffer of the display controller to the display in place of the data that has not been fetched into a local buffer of the display controller.

According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an encoding unit that compresses an input image for each pixel block having a size smaller than a line to generate a plurality of compressed blocks, and store the compressed blocks in a frame buffer, a reading unit that identifies an object block to be expanded among the compressed blocks, and reads the object block from the frame buffer, a decoding unit that expands the object block to generate an expanded block, and an information acquiring unit that acquires, based on the expanded block, position information used by the reading unit to identify the block to be expanded, or decode information used by the decoding unit to expand another compressed block.