20. An apparatus for receiving data from a synchronous random access memory, comprising: a data receiving means, for receiving a stream of data from the synchronous random access memory; a data clock receiving means, for receiving a data clock signal from the synchronous random access memory for clocking the stream of data; a first storage means, that is clocked by the data clock signal, for receiving data from the stream of data; a second storage means, for receiving data from the first storage means, the second storage means being clocked by a system clock signal, which is slower than the data clock signal; and a controller means for coordinating actions of the first storage means and the second storage means so that data is loaded into the first storage means by the data clock signal while data is being loaded into the second storage means from the first storage means by the system clock signal, and so that the loading of the first storage means does not interfere with the loading of the second storage means.
20. An apparatus for receiving data from a synchronous random access memory, comprising: a data receiving means, for receiving a stream of data from the synchronous random access memory; a data clock receiving means, for receiving a data clock signal from the synchronous random access memory for clocking the stream of data; a first storage means, that is clocked by the data clock signal, for receiving data from the stream of data; a second storage means, for receiving data from the first storage means, the second storage means being clocked by a system clock signal, which is slower than the data clock signal; and a controller means for coordinating actions of the first storage means and the second storage means so that data is loaded into the first storage means by the data clock signal while data is being loaded into the second storage means from the first storage means by the system clock signal, and so that the loading of the first storage means does not interfere with the loading of the second storage means. 21. The computer system of claim 20, wherein first storage means and the second storage means include a plurality of separately-clocked data words.