Patent ID: 6317817
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
A method of operating an image operation processing apparatus connected to a memory for processing, by accessing to said memory, a data packet including instruction information and an address of a prescribed address space,said image operation processing apparatus includingaddress translating means for translating the address included in an incoming data packet to an address of a partial address space smaller than said prescribed address space, andmemory access means for accessing said memory in accordance with the address translated by said address translating means for performing a process in accordance with the instruction information included in the packet,said method comprising the steps of:determining address translation by said address translating means such that addresses generated discretely by a prescribed process occupy continuous addresses in said memory after translation by said address translating means;applying a plurality of data packets holding discrete addresses generated by said prescribed process respectively to said image operation processing apparatus, and storing the data packets at addresses of said memory translated by said address translating means,wherein said address translating means includes bit shift means for shifting the address included in the incoming data packet to the right by a prescribed number of bits;the addresses generated by said prescribed process are generated with an interval of 2.sup.n -1, where n is an integer not smaller than 1; andsaid step of determining said address translation includes determining the number of bits of the right shift by said bit shift means to said number n.