Patent ID: 7382924

Claim:
A method for displaying frames, said method comprising: fetching a portion of a frame stored in a frame buffer; storing the portion of the frame in another buffer; fetching a plurality of pixels from the portion of the frame; storing luma pixels in a luma pixel register, if the plurality of pixels comprise luma pixels; storing chroma pixels in a chroma pixel register, if the plurality of pixels comprise chroma pixels; wherein storing the chroma pixels in the chroma pixel register further comprises: receiving the plurality of pixels over a first path; receiving a portion of the plurality of pixels over a second path; selecting the plurality of pixels from the first path, if all of the plurality of pixels are chroma pixels; selecting the portion of the plurality of pixels from the second path, if a portion of the plurality of pixels are chroma pixels and another portion of the plurality of pixels are luma pixels; storing at least one of the plurality of pixels in a chroma red pixel register, if the plurality of pixels are selected; storing at least one of the plurality of pixels in a chroma blue pixel register, if the plurality of pixels are selected; storing at least one of the pixels from the portion of the plurality of pixels from the second path in the chroma red pixel register, if the portion of the plurality of pixels are selected; and storing at least one of the pixels from the portion of the plurality of pixels from the second path in the chroma blue pixel register, if the portion of the plurality of pixels are selected.