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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2006
Method and system for programmable breakpoints in an integrated embedded image and video accelerator
Taiyi Cheng, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Hahm, Hartland, WI (US);
Taiyi Cheng, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Hahm, Hartland, WI (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for programmable breakpoints in an integrated embedded image and video accelerator are described. Aspects of the system may include circuitry that enables generation of control signals for pipeline processing of video data within a single chip by at least selecting a target location of the video data and generating an interrupt at a time instant corresponding to the pipeline processing of the target location. The system may enable programmable breakpoints to be set and/or triggered based on policies determined in executable software. The ability to set programmable breakpoints may enable flexible utilization of system memory resources.