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David S Laffitte

Kevin C McDonough

John M Hughes

Navinchandra Kalidas

Raymond W Thompson

John H Abbott

Charles W Skelton

David L Flower

Patricia L Roddy

A video display system employs a memory arrangement for the video data which is sequentially accessed for serial read-out of the bit-mapped video information at a high clock rate, and also randomly accessed in parallel by a microcomputer for generating and updating the information to be displayed. Parallel access to the memory by the microcomputer can occur while the serial video data is being clocked out, so microcomputer I/O and video output conflict only a very minimum amount. Dynamic MOS RAMs with a serial register added provide this dual port memory.

Video display system using serial/parallel access memories

An electronic connection socket for connecting an electronic package and including a body of nonconductive material, an electronic device fabricated upon a semiconductor substrate located upon the body. The electronic device includes several bonding pads. The socket includes a set of pins to provide interconnection to external electronic devices. The body also includes pin sockets providing interconnection to the electronic package. The pins and pin sockets of the body are also connected to the bonding pads of the electronic device. To provide the electrical interconnection between the electronic package, the electronic device located upon the semiconductor substrate in the socket body and the external circuitry connected to the body.

Intelligent electronic connection socket

A microcomputer system has a microprocessor whose functions are implemented by instructions and data from a directly connected random access memory (RAM). The capacity of the RAM is less than the typical total instruction list for the microprocessor. A read-only mass memory is connected to the RAM and has permanently stored instructions set therein for the microprocessor. A controller controls the flow of instructions from the mass memory to the RAM as required and also controls the flow of instructions and data between the RAM and microprocessor. The instructions from the mass memory are overlayed in the RAM in areas no longer required for instruction execution.

Microcomputer having ROM mass memory for downloading main RAM memory

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