System and method for performing scalable embedded parallel data decompression
US7129860B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M7/40
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A parallel decompression system and method that decompresses input compressed data in one or more decompression cycles, with a plurality of tokens typically being decompressed in each cycle in parallel. A parallel decompression engine may include an input for receiving compressed data, a history window, and a plurality of decoders for examining and decoding a plurality of tokens from the compressed data in parallel in a series of decompression cycles. Several devices are described that may include the parallel decompression engine, including intelligent devices, network devices, adapters and other network connection devices, consumer devices, set-top boxes, digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters, digital data recording, reading and storage devices, optical data recording, reading and storage devices, solid state storage devices, processors, bus bridges, memory modules, and cache controllers.
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