Patent ID: 8185702

Claim:
A multimedia platform of a digital processing apparatus, the digital processing apparatus comprising a main processor, the multimedia platform and a display unit, the multimedia platform comprising: a non-volatile storage device coupled to the main processor; a multimedia processor coupled to the main processor, the multimedia processor being configured to set a route in accordance with a route selection signal received from the main processor such that the main processor accesses the non-volatile storage device or the display unit, wherein the multimedia processor includes a processor core configured to control the route in accordance with the route selection signal and to perform a process in accordance with a first control command from the main processor, and a route setting unit coupled to the processor core and coupled between the main processor and the non-volatile storage device, the route setting unit being configured to set the route selected between a first route and a second route, the first route being coupled to the non-volatile storage device in accordance with a first route control based on the route selection signal, and the second route being couple to the display unit in accordance with a second route control based on the route selection signal; a first volatile storage device coupled to the main processor, the first volatile storage device being a temporary storage device of the main processor; and a second volatile storage device coupled to the multimedia processor, the second volatile storage device being a temporary storage device of the multimedia processor.