Abstract: In a method of processing display data, a host device (e.g. a PC) determines display data to send to a remote device and compresses it, and determines processing resources required at the remote device to decompress the compressed display data. The host sends the compressed display data and control information regarding the required processing resources data to the remote device, and the remote device adjusts its processing resources based on the control information, saving energy. The required processing resources can be the number of processing units, clock speed, or operating voltage required by the remote device. The host may determine the required resources for each display frame. The remote device may send details of its processing capabilities to the host.

Abstract: In a method of processing display data, a host device (e.g. a PC) determines display data to send to a remote device and compresses it, and determines processing resources required at the remote device to decompress the compressed display data. The host sends the compressed display data and control information regarding the required processing resources data to the remote device, and the remote device adjusts its processing resources based on the control information, saving energy. The required processing resources can be the number of processing units, clock speed, or operating voltage required by the remote device. The host may determine the required resources for each display frame. The remote device may send details of its processing capabilities to the host.

Abstract: A system and method for distributing signals throughout an integrated circuit (IC). The system comprises a transmitter unit and a plurality of receiver units. The transmitter unit combines a plurality of signals into a serial signal stream and couples the serial signal stream to a conductor for distribution to a plurality of destinations in the IC. There is a receiver unit at each of the plurality of destinations and connected to the conductor. Each receiver unit extracts one of the plurality of signals from the serial signal stream received on the conductor. The transmitter unit comprises a multiplexer circuit and a counter circuit and time multiplexes the plurality of signals to form a serial signal stream, wherein a signal is selected for a time slot based on a count value of the counter circuit. The counter signal is also supplied to each receiver unit, which uses the counter signal to determine when to latch a signal from the serial signal stream.