Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a single-chip digital multimedia receiver for multi-channel/multi-tuner rendering comprising receiving multiple independently encoded input streams on a system-on-a-chip, and independently locking each video output to a corresponding input channel, to ensure that each video and audio output has a clock matched to an encoder clock.

Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for de-interlacing image data in a memory. A read interface circuit is coupled to the memory to transfer a patch of the image data from the memory to a buffer. A de-interlacing circuit is coupled to the read interface circuit to de-interlace the image data in the patch from the buffer. A receive circuit is coupled to the de-interlacing circuit to re-organize the de-interlaced image data.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for display of graphical data is described. The invention provides an architecture for graphics processing. The architecture includes pipelined processing and support for multi-regional graphics. In one embodiment, a graphics driver according to the invention can receive multiple independent streams of graphical data that can be in different graphical formats. The independent streams are synchronized and converted to a common format prior to being processed. In one embodiment, multi-regional graphics are supported with off-screen and on-screen memory regions for processing. The regions of the multi-regional graphic are rendered in an off-screen memory. The data in the off-screen memory are converted to a common format and copied to on-screen memory. The data in the on-screen memory is used to generate an output image. Alpha blending can also be programmed to provide multi-regional graphics or other graphical features.

Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for processing image data stored in a memory. A read interface circuit is coupled to the memory to transfer a patch of the image data from the memory to a buffer. A scale filter is coupled to the read interface circuit to scale the image data in the patch from the buffer. A receive circuit is coupled to the scale filter to re-organize the scaled image data.

Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for converting scan rates of image data in a memory. A buffer stores a source image data. A scaling filter is coupled to the buffer to scale the source image data.