Neil Epstein

US Patent:

6912638, Jun 28, 2005

Filed:

Jun 28, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/185791

Inventors:

Timothy M. Hellman - Concord MA, US
Neil B. Epstein - Sudbury MA, US
Steve J. Pratt - Acton MA, US
Fred W. Andree - Brookline MA, US
Karl M. Marks - Somerville MA, US
Joerg Landmann - Dortmund, DE
James W. Brissette - W. Boylston MA, US

Assignee:

Zoran Corporation - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F012/00

US Classification:

711167, 345534, 345571

Abstract:

A system-on-a-chip controller having a first processor and a second processor. The first processor provides control processing and image processing. The second processor provides image processing. The processors receive data from an external source through a data bus. Also, the controller can include a third controller to provide I/O functionality to an external device. The second processor processes the stored data in either a row or column configuration. A fixed-length instruction word can be decoded into two instructions, an operation instruction and an I/O instruction, and can be used to process the data. The I/O instruction can be disposed in an unused bit field of the operation instruction.