Disclosed is a partitioning procedure for designing MPEG decoders, AC-3 decoders, and decoders for other audio/video standards. The procedure provides that some specified decoding functionality be implemented exclusively in the form of hardware and certain other specified decoding functionality...http://www.google.es/patents/US5815206?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatente US5815206 - Method for partitioning hardware and firmware tasks in digital audio/video decoding
Method for partitioning hardware and firmware tasks in digital audio/video ...