HK1094608A1 - A digital signal processor - Google Patents

A digital signal processor

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Publication number
HK1094608A1
HK1094608A1 HK07101408.7A HK07101408A HK1094608A1 HK 1094608 A1 HK1094608 A1 HK 1094608A1 HK 07101408 A HK07101408 A HK 07101408A HK 1094608 A1 HK1094608 A1 HK 1094608A1
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Hong Kong
Prior art keywords
digital signal
signal processor
processor
digital
signal
Prior art date
Application number
HK07101408.7A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Gilbert C Sih
Quizhen Zou
Sanjay K Jha
Inyup I Kang
Jian Lin
Quaeed Motiwala
Deepu John
Li Zhang
Haitao Zhang
Way-Shing Lee
Charles E Sakamaki
Prashant A Kantak
Original Assignee
Qualcomm Inc
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Priority claimed from US09/044,088 external-priority patent/US6496920B1/en
Priority claimed from US09/044,086 external-priority patent/US6425070B1/en
Application filed by Qualcomm Inc filed Critical Qualcomm Inc
Publication of HK1094608A1 publication Critical patent/HK1094608A1/xx

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US4410498A 1998-03-18 1998-03-18
US4408998A 1998-03-18 1998-03-18
US4408798A 1998-03-18 1998-03-18
US4410898A 1998-03-18 1998-03-18
US09/044,088 US6496920B1 (en) 1998-03-18 1998-03-18 Digital signal processor having multiple access registers
US09/044,086 US6425070B1 (en) 1998-03-18 1998-03-18 Variable length instruction decoder
HK01106221A HK1035594A1 (en) 1998-03-18 2001-09-04 A digital signal processor

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