Managing multi-component data
Multi-component data is managed. Pixel image data is stored in a machine readable memory device. The pixel image data is decomposed into multiple colorspace components. The multiple colorspace components are stored in one continuous machine-readable memory segment of a machine-readable memory. The machine-readable memory has one or more burst boundaries.
1. A method for managing pixel image data, the method comprising:
retrieving the pixel image data comprising a plurality of colorspace components, wherein each colorspace components is one of three different types;
storing the plurality of colorspace components in one continuous memory segment in a memory, the memory having a plurality of bursts and one or more burst boundaries, wherein one type of colorspace component is stored in each burst; and
copying the pixel image data at least in part by accessing the plurality of colorspace components from the memory.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the memory comprises volatile memory.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the volatile memory comprises dynamic random access memory.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein the volatile memory comprises static random access memory.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the colorspace components comprise luminance, red difference sample, and blue difference sample.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the colorspace components comprise a red color level, a green color level, and a blue color level.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the pixel image data comprises a first data byte, the first data byte being registered at a memory address immediately following one of the one or more burst boundaries.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the pixel image data comprises a first data byte and subsequent data bytes, one of the subsequent data bytes being registered at a memory address immediately following one of the one or more burst boundaries.