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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Filip Moerman, Tourrettes-sur-Loop, FR;
Pierre Bertrand, Antibes, FR;
David Q. Bell, Frederick, MD (US);
Inventors:
Filip Moerman, Tourrettes-sur-Loop, FR;
Pierre Bertrand, Antibes, FR;
David Q. Bell, Frederick, MD (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method includes generating a transfer configuration descriptor ('TCD'), the TCD includes information pertaining to data to be transferred. The method further includes dynamically configuring a direct memory access ('DMA) channel based on the TCD without using a CPU and transferring a group of data blocks by way of the DMA channel.