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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2007
Applicants:

Greg Sadowski, Cambridge, MA (US);

Thomas E. Ryan, Boylston, MA (US);

Daniel Wong, Cupertino, CA (US);

Paul Chow, Richmond Hill, CA;

Inventors:

Greg Sadowski, Cambridge, MA (US);

Thomas E. Ryan, Boylston, MA (US);

Daniel Wong, Cupertino, CA (US);

Paul Chow, Richmond Hill, CA;

Assignees:

ATI Technologies, ULC, Markham, Ontario, CA;

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing intermediate compression or decompression for use with a video decoder and a memory. In one aspect, there is provided a method including receiving information to enable compression of a macroblock. At an intermediate section coupled to a video decoder and a memory, a macroblock may be compressed. The compression of the macroblock may be based on the received information. The compressed macroblock may be provided to memory. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.


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