METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BATCHABLE FRAME SWITCH AND SYNCHRONIZATION OPERATIONS

A system and method that avoids performance bottlenecks at the host processor while avoiding tearing of the displayed image. In one embodiment, the system is composed of the host processor, a first in first out (FIFO) buffer, a co-processor, multiple frame buffers, a display controller and a display. The host and the co-processor are configured to enable the host to selectively batch graphic commands to the co-processor. The small set of commands provides the flexibility to selectively batch commands and selectively synchronize the host processor to the co-processor.