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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2005
Takeshi Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
James Allan Kahle, Austin, TX (US);
Charles Ray Johns, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Norman Day, Round Rock, TX (US);
Peichun Peter Liu, Austin, TX (US);
Takeshi Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
James Allan Kahle, Austin, TX (US);
Charles Ray Johns, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Norman Day, Round Rock, TX (US);
Peichun Peter Liu, Austin, TX (US);
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus provide for transferring a plurality of data blocks between a shared memory and a local memory of a processor in response to a single DMA command issued by the processor to a direct memory access controller (DMAC), wherein the processor is capable of operative communication with the shared memory and the DMAC is operatively coupled to the local memory.