Dpcm data compression using compressed data tags

An electronic device, comprising:

• processing circuitry comprising:
• a buffer configured to receive a stream of packets, each packet having a processed video data portion and a page count portion associated with the processed video data portion, wherein the processed video data portion is a result of a modulo operation performed on a word of video data, wherein the page count portion is a data page number on which the word of video data is to be placed;
• a data packer configured to read each packet from the buffer, and to generate from each an output packet comprising the processed video data portion and a data tag portion;
• wherein the data tag portion is associated with, but does not directly represent, the data page number on which the word of video data associated with the processed video data portion, or the word of video data associated with a processed video data portion of a next packet, is to be placed;
• wherein each data tag portion contains fewer bits than each corresponding page count portion;
• and
• a transmission chain coupled to the processing circuitry and configured to transmit each output packet.