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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
May. 20, 1998
Brian C Miller, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Peter J Meier, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for low cost set mapping in, for example, a computer graphics processor or communications device efficiently maps elements of one set into another set. When used in conjunction with a graphical display system the low cost set mapping logic enables a memory controller to efficiently communicate with a plurality of memory devices based upon a hierarchical computation scheme. The method and apparatus provide a pseudo-optimal mapping solution. By employing a pseudo-optimal mapping solution the low cost set mapping logic greatly reduces the computational resource required to perform the mapping operation.