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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:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Curtis Priem, Fremont, CA (US);
Chris Malachowsky, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rick Silverman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shuen Chin Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignees:
Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G / ; G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345123 ; 345507 ; 345516 ;
Abstract
A frame buffer including a memory array, circuitry for accessing the array, a plurality of latches each capable of storing a plurality of pixel values equivalent to a large portion of a row of pixels in the array which may be read simultaneously from the array, and circuitry for writing simultaneously to the memory cells of a row of the array the data stored in the latches whereby a row of pixels may be read and written back to the array bus in a minimum time period.