Update docs/understand/hip_runtime_api.rst

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@@ -144,8 +144,10 @@ segment of global with queryable size.
 Texture memory
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Read-only storage visible to all threads in a given grid and accessible
-through additional APIs.
+Read-only storage visible to all threads on a given device and accessible
+through additional APIs. Its origins come from graphics APIs, and provides
+performance benefits when accessing memory in a pattern where the
+addresses are close to each other in a 2D representation of the memory.
 
 Surface memory
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^