Patent ID: 8655063

Claim:
A decoding system for generating a decoded pixel based on at least one encoded texel block, said decoding system comprises: N different decoders, each having a circuitry having a level of complexity that is different from the level of complexity of the circuitry of the other N−1 decoders and each is configured to decode an encoded texel block to generate at least one respective texel value; a value selector connected to said N decoders and configured to selectively output at least N texel values from at least one of said N decoders based on the positions of the at least N texels associated with said at least N texel values relative a boundary of a texel block comprising at least one of said at least N texels; and a pixel calculator configured to calculate a decoded pixel value of said decoded pixel based on said at least N texel values selectively output by said value selector.