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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Gove, Plano, TX (US);
Keith Balmer, Bedford, GB;
Nicholas Kerin Ing-Simmons, Bedford, GB;
Karl Marion Guttag, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395312 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a multi-processor system and method arranged, in one embodiment, as an image and graphics processor. The image processor is structured with several individual processors all having communication links to several memories. A crossbar switch serves to establish the processor memory links. The entire image processor, including the individual processors, the crossbar switch and the memories, is contained on a single silicon chip.