A method and apparatus for reducing memory and memory bandwidth requirements in an MPEG-like decoder by preferentially allocating, in a first mode of operation, memory to an anchor frame storage functions and re-allocating, in a second mode of operation, some of the allocated memory to another function....http://www.google.de/patents/US6633608?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6633608 - Method and apparatus for adapting memory resource utilization in an information stream decoder
