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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yen-Kuang Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Matthew J. Holliman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Herbert Hum, Portland, OR (US);
Per H. Hammarlund, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Thomas Huff, Portland, OR (US);
William W. Macy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 7/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 7/40 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for variable length coding is described. A method comprises receiving a group of data having a group of set values, identifying a group of positions of the group of set values within the group of data without branching, for each of the group of positions, encoding a run of non-set values preceding each of the group of positions.