US Patent:
20120147271, Jun 14, 2012
Inventors:
Hoon Choi - Mountain View CA, US
Daekyeung Kim - Palo Alto CA, US
Ju Hwan Yi - Sunnyvale CA, US
Wooseung Yang - Cupertino CA, US
Young Il Kim - Sunnyvale CA, US
Alex Chervet - Pleasanton CA, US
Timothy Vehling - San Jose CA, US
Assignee:
SILICON IMAGE, INC. - Sunnyvale CA
International Classification:
H03M 1/12
H04N 5/222
US Classification:
348572, 348720, 348E05022
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a multimedia I/O system architecture for advanced digital television. An embodiment of a multimedia system includes an I/O (input/output) control chip, the I/O control chip including one or more audio/video sub-processing engines for the processing of one or more data streams; a processing core chip for the processing of data, including audio/video data received from the I/O control chip; and one or more shared I/O channels for the transfer of data between the I/O control chip and the processing core chip.