Patent ID: 8732384
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing memory, the method comprising the acts of: receiving a request, by a processor, for data stored in a device, said data having one or more blocks; checking a local memory for the one or more blocks of data based on the request to determine if the one or more blocks of data associated with the request are stored in the local memory; generating a memory access request, by the processor, for one or more blocks of data stored in a memory of the device based on said checking act and the request for data when one or more blocks of data are not stored in the local memory, wherein data stored in the memory of the device is arranged in a configuration comprising a plurality of memory access units each comprising two or more adjacent lines of two or more pixel data, and wherein the contents of one or more of the memory access units are configured to be accessed in a single burst cycle, and wherein a bit size of the memory access units is configured based on a burst length of the single burst cycle; receiving data comprising all of the contents of the one or more memory access units from the memory of the device in the single burst cycle based on said memory access request, such that all of the pixel data from the two or more adjacent lines in the one or more memory access units is received in the single burst cycle; and storing, by the processor, the received data in the local memory.