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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6043828 | Method and apparatus for handling proprietary and non-proprietary formatted compact discs in the same video playback system A method and apparatus for handling both proprietary and non-proprietary formatted compact discs in the same video playback system. In one embodiment, the audio and video data signals are in a Moving Pictures Expert Group (MPEG) format. Portions of the no... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6020863 | Multi-media processing system with wireless communication to a remote display and method using same A display control system (200) for transferring video and graphical data processed in a first processing device (201) having a dedicated display screen to a second processing device (202) for display on the screen (152) of a conventional television set (1... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6018793 | Single chip controller-memory device including feature-selectable bank I/O and architecture and methods suitable for implementing the same A memory architecture 104 includes a plurality of arrays 200 of memory cells. Addressing circuitry 201 selects a cell of a selected one of arrays 201 for access while feature select circuitry 205 selects an access type to be performed to the selected cell... | 01/25/2000 |
