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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001

Filed:

Dec. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Steven L. Belt, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Douglas D. Gephardt, Austin, TX (US);

Drew J. Dutton, Austin, TX (US);

Brett B. Stewart, Austin, TX (US);

Rita M. Wisor, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ; G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ; G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract

A dedicated bus between a central processing unit and a peripheral unit, such as a graphics controller driving a video display, provides enhanced capability in an environment in which signal processing occurs within the central processing unit. The dedicated bus relieves other data buses, such as the PCI bus, of the need to communicate large amounts of data, such as decompressed video data. The resulting system supports high bandwidth transmissions of decompressed video data, enabling high resolution 24 bit full motion video and multiple data stream video.


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