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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2009
Timothy James Ramsdale, Cambridge, GB;
Timothy James Ramsdale, Cambridge, GB;
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for input/output pads in a mobile multimedia processor are disclosed and may include receiving data from a host device in an integrated circuit having at least one contact pad and generating at least one control signal that controls the contact pads. The received data may be processed by the MMP based on the generated at least one control signal, or may be passed through the MMP in a bypass mode based on the control signal, thereby allowing the received data to pass through the MMP without processing to an external memory via the at least one contact pad, thereby sharing the external memory with the host device. The data may be transferred to external memory coupled to a contact pad on the MMP when the received data is to be passed through the MMP. The received data may be stored temporarily before transfer to an external device.