Abstract: An apparatus and method for converting color data from one color space to another color space. A driver determines that a set of shader program instructions perform a color conversion function and the set of shader program instructions are replaced with either a single shader program instruction or a flag is set within an existing shader program instruction to specify that output color data is represented in a nonlinear color format. The output color data is converted to the nonlinear color format prior to being stored in a frame buffer. Nonlinear color data read from the frame buffer is converted to a linear color format prior to shading, blending, or raster operations.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for converting color data from one color space to another color space. A driver determines that a set of shader program instructions perform a color conversion function and the set of shader program instructions are replaced with either a single shader program instruction or a flag is set within an existing shader program instruction to specify that output color data is represented in a nonlinear color format. The output color data is converted to the nonlinear color format prior to being stored in a frame buffer. Nonlinear color data read from the frame buffer is converted to a linear color format prior to shading, blending, or raster operations.

Abstract: A method of more efficiently, easily and cost-effectively analyzing the performance of a device model is disclosed. Embodiments enable automated generation of theoretical performance analysis for a device model based upon a workload associated with rendering graphical data and a configuration of the device model. The workload may be independent of design configuration, thereby enabling determination of the workload without simulating the device model. Additionally, the design configuration may be updated or changed without re-determining the workload. Accordingly, the graphical data may comprise a general or random test which is relatively large in size and covers a relatively large operational scope of the design. Additionally, the workload may comprise graphical information determined based upon the graphical data. Further, the theoretical performance analysis may indicate a graphics pipeline unit of the device model causing a bottleneck in a graphics pipeline of the device model.