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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew Daniel, San Jose, CA (US);
Spencer Greene, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alliance Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395507 ; 395853 ; 395515 ; 395521 ; 345 27 ; 345185 ; 345203 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for dynamically regrouping display memory chips to efficiently implement 8-bit, 16-bit, and 24-bit per pixel display solutions is provided. The invention permits the implementation of 24-bit per pixel solutions in which 24-bit pixels do not straddle addressable regions, but without requiring the use of a unused byte of display memory per 24-bit pixel.