Apparatus for processing bit streams
CA 1312957 C · Owner: Digital Equipment Corporation · Inventors: Rosich, Mitchell N.; Goldberg, Marshall R.
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Apparatus for processing a stream of bits including a hardware comparator that compares first predetermined bits of the stream, comparison input means to provide a table of comparison values to said hardware comparator for comparison with said predetermined bits of said stream, the comparison input means being programmable to provide one of a plurality of different tables in response to a table select control signal an, index generator for generating an index based on the states of the predetermined bits, and a processor for accessing the index and processing a group of the bits in at least one of a plurality of different ways based on the index.
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- Granted January 19, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 19, 2010.
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