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Checkerboard buffer using two-dimensional buffer pages and using memory bank alternation

US7205993B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 2002
Grant dateApr 17, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/0132
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for storing and retrieving data. In one implementation, a system includes: a data source, providing data in a first order; a data destination, receiving data in a second order; at least four memories, each having memory pages, data stored to at least two memories and retrieved from at least two memories in parallel, each buffer page having entries along a first dimension corresponding to the first order and entries along a second dimension corresponding to the second order, data stored in the first order and retrieved in the second order, at least one memory page stores data in multiple locations according to the first and second orders, two data elements consecutive in the first order stored in parallel to the memories, at least two data elements consecutive in the second order retrieved in parallel from the memories.

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