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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2007
Applicants:
Gerard Yeh, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ravi Manyam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Viet Nguyen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gerard Yeh, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ravi Manyam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Viet Nguyen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Zoran Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A unified memory controller (UMC) is disclosed. The UMC may be used in a digital television (DTV) receiver. The UMC allows the DTV receiver to use a unified memory. The UMC accepts memory requests from various clients, and determines which requests should receive priority access to the unified memory.