Patent
1995-06-07
1998-05-05
Lee, Thomas C.
395280, 395800, 395853, G06F 1300
Patent
active
057489831
ABSTRACT:
A computer system optimized for real-time applications which provides increased performance for real-time applications over current computer architectures. The system includes a dedicated multimedia engine coupled directly to the main memory which performs real-time operations, including audio and video functions, as well as others. The multimedia engine includes one or more DSP engines which couple through one or more I/O channels to respective video, audio and communication ports. The multimedia engine includes video ports for coupling to a video monitor, audio ports for coupling to speakers and one or more communication ports. Multimedia memory is coupled to the local memory bus and stores data for the multimedia engine. The multimedia memory in the multimedia engine comprises a portion of the main memory address space. Thus the multimedia is used for real-time or multimedia data and is also used by the CPU as overflow memory space.
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Barnes Brian
Gulick Dale E.
Hewitt Larry
Lambrecht Andy
Webb Mike
Advanced Micro Devices , Inc.
Hood Jeffrey C.
Huang Po C.
Lee Thomas C.
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