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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arthur Simon Waller, Basingstoke, GB;
Jurgen Geerlings, Basingstoke, GB;
Daniel Alexander Temple, Frederiksberg, DK;
Assignee:
Sony United Kingdom Limited, Weybridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/338 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/338 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit for use in a digital set top box including at least one control unit, a plurality of data processing units and common data bus for connecting at least two of the processing units to a common external memory wherein two or more common data buses may be provided for the plurality of data processing units and, where there are a plurality of control units, a separate control bus may be provided connecting the control units.