Patent ID: 8514944

Claim:
A video processing system comprising: a decoder module that decodes block encoded video information; a first external memory module, communicatively coupled to the decoder module, configured to store non-reference video information, the first external memory module configured to store video processing information utilized by the decoder module for decoding a current video block from a current video frame; and a second external memory module, communicatively coupled to the decoder module, configured to store reference video information relating to previously decoded data, the second external memory module configured to store a previously decoded reference video frame utilized by the decoder module for decoding the current video block, wherein the decoder module is configured to access the first external memory module and the second external memory module concurrently, and wherein the decoder module has exclusive access to the second memory module, wherein the first external memory module is characterized by n-bit access, and the second external memory module is characterized by m-bit access, where m is less than n.