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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
May. 25, 2007
Greg Sadowski, Cambridge, MA (US);
Wai Ki Lo, Richmond Hill, CA;
Haibo Liu, Scarborough, CA;
Stephen Edward Smith, Harvard, MA (US);
Thomas E. Ryan, Boylston, MA (US);
Greg Sadowski, Cambridge, MA (US);
Wai Ki Lo, Richmond Hill, CA;
Haibo Liu, Scarborough, CA;
Stephen Edward Smith, Harvard, MA (US);
Thomas E. Ryan, Boylston, MA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
ATI Technologies ULC, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
In one aspect, there is provided a video decoder including a first write port to write uncompressed video data to a first buffer in a first format adapted based on an input required by the video decoder and to suppress writing to the first buffer. The video decoder also includes a second write port to write uncompressed video data to a second buffer in a second format adapted to provide the uncompressed video data for subsequent processing external to the video decoder.