Information processor using processors to rapidly process data stored on an optical storage medium
US5473595A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 23, 1993 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4022
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An information processing apparatus using an optical storage medium such as a CD-ROM processes optically stored data using different capability data processors having different processing speeds and/or operand bit-width processing. Picture data, program data, and audio data stored in the optical storage medium are accessed and written into a main semiconductor type RAM. Selective routing over various data buses to specific data processors permits a data processing task to be performed by the data processor best suited to perform that task in the most efficient and effective manner.
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