DA is the heart of it all. This consideration is not what the court alluded to in the footnote, however, that is what the patent is.

The patent is ALL!!!! digital manipulating over analog issues.

RAM is a function upstream!!!!...pulling all the conditions together.

That said, to me the court has made the construction a non detrimental issue to e.Digital

with....

(as applicable) where the device(microcontroller) is the subject of interaction of sub components... not the flash memory. A selection consideration...of CODEC choice

That which the defendants where after (the only memory of the received processed sound electrical signals, without another memory system such as RAM”) is now considered as part of the selection consideration (as applicable).

The court, IMO, considered a possible issue, however, with the (as applicable) , it has avoided the consideration and made it a choice....

doni