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Auxiliary transport assist processor especially for an MPEG-2 compliant decoder

  • US 6,088,357 A
  • Filed: 09/26/1997
  • Issued: 07/11/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A data processing system having a general purpose assist processor external to and operating in conjunction with a data path of operational hardware functional units, wherein said hardware functional units are operational without any processing assistance from said general purpose assist processor, said general purpose assist processor adapted to assist in processing specific blocks of data, or assist in processing only blocks of data with an indicator set, said assist processor also adapted to modify the operation of a functional unit of said operational hardware functional units or the data that it is operating on, and, if necessary, return the data to the data path of the hardware functional units.

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