Template:Am3 4 graphics overview

Introduction
TI SOCs like AM355x, AM437x and AM57xx are enabled with 3D cores, capable of accelerating 3D operations with dedicated hardware. The dedicated hardware is based on SGX series of devices from Imagination Technologies. The graphics cores only accelerate graphics operations, and do not perform video decode operations. For video acceleration, refer to respective Technical Reference Manuals for the SOCs.

Below table lists the various TI families supported by this SDK, and the SGX core information

Since the 3D accelerator (SGX core) is outside the ARM core, the Graphics drivers run on ARM core, and contain OS specific driver code to memory map the SGX core and program the engine from the OS running on the ARM core.

This Processor SDK Graphics and Display page will cover the following topics:


 * Software architecture of Graphics
 * Instructions on how to run graphics demos
 * Instructions on how to run PVR tools
 * Instructions on how to run DSS application
 * Migration Guide
 * SGX Debugging Tips

Software Architecture
The picture below shows the software architecture of Graphics in Processor SDK.