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Abstract

The present invention pertains to integrated circuit system design methods and apparatus based on the novel architecture concept of Document-Instruction-Set-Computing (DISC). The integrated circuit comprises a plurality of functional units to independently execute the tasks of remote communication, bandwidth adaptation, application control, multimedia management, and universal compound document encoding. The integrated circuit is also comprised of a scalable formatter element connecting to the functional units which interoperate arbitrary external document formats and intelligently adapt to selective internal format depending upon the system throughput and run-time configuration. Additionally, there is a smart memory element connecting to the functional units and scalable formatter, which access, store, and transfer compound document data based on the selective internal format. As a result, the present invention has unprecedented level of capability, safety, and reliability with low cost and high performance, which make it suitable for many potential desktop, handheld, and embedded system implementations. it is designed with in mind that a plurality generations of these DISC integrated circuits can be evolved.

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