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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Basavaraj I Pawate, Dallas, TX (US);
Betty Prince, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
712 39 ; 345519 ;
Abstract
A smart video memory (10) is provided that includes data storage (12 and 18), a serial access memory (19), and a processing core (14 and 16) for executing instructions stored in the data storage area (12 and 18). Externally, smart memory (10) is directly accessible as a standard video memory device.