Configurable Integrated Circuit with Different Connection Schemes
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide an IC with a configurable node array that has (1) two similar nodes within the interior of the array, and (2) two different connection schemes. The first connection scheme specifies a set of connections between the first node and a set of nodes in the array, while the second connection scheme specifies a second set of connections between the second node and a set of nodes in the array. The two nodes cannot connect to any nodes on the boundary of the array with any connection that is specified in any connection scheme.
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21 Claims
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21. An integrated circuit (“
- IC”
) having a configurable node array comprising;a plurality of configurable nodes arranged in an array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; a plurality of connection schemes for a plurality of nodes in the array, wherein each connection scheme for a particular node specifies a set of connections between the particular node and a set of nodes in the array, wherein at least two similar nodes have two different connection schemes, wherein two connection schemes are different if they have different configurations of connections, and the difference in the configurations is not necessitated by an absence of nodes that would otherwise allow the connection schemes to be the same.
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