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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:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip Curran, Dublin, IE;
Brian Murray, Dublin, IE;
Paul Costigan, Dublin, IE;
Mark Dunn, Dublin, IE;
Assignee:
Masaana Research Limited, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
Abstract
A DSP coprocessor,is connected to a host sub-system (,). The host sub-system (,) has a host processor (,), a host RAM (,), and shared RAM banks (,). Multiplexers (,) provide access for either the DSP or the host to a shared RAM bank. Macro commands for functions of the DSP coprocessor are retrieved from the shared RAM banks. This allows comprehensive interaction of the host and the DSP coprocessor.