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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl K. Mizuyabu, Thornhill, CA;
Andy E. Gruber, Arlington, MA (US);
Brad Hollister, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
ATI International Srl, Barbados, KN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for accessing an external memory having a first width at at at a first data rate. The external data is reformatted to have a second predefined width larger than the first width. The data having the second predefined width is then provided at a second rate to one of several possible processing units.