Reconfigurable IC that has Sections Running at Different Reconfiguration Rates
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide a reconfigurable IC that includes several sections. Each section includes several configurable circuits, each of which configurably performs a set of operations. Each section stores multiple configuration data sets for each configurable circuit. Each configuration data set for a particular configurable circuit specifies the operation that the particular configurable circuit has to perform from the circuit'"'"'s set of operations, where the configurable circuits of at least two different sections change configuration data sets at two different reconfiguration rates.
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45 Claims
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21. An integrated circuit (IC) comprising:
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a first set of configurable circuits for configurably performing sets of operations based on received configuration data, wherein different configuration data configure a configurable circuit to perform different operations; and
a second set of configurable circuits for configurably performing sets of operations based on received configuration data, wherein the configurable circuits of the first set change configuration data at a different rate than the configurable circuits of the second set. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An electronic device comprising:
an integrated circuit (IC) comprising;
(a) a first set of configurable circuits for configurably performing sets of operations based on received configuration data, wherein different configuration data configure a configurable circuit to perform different operations; and
(b) a second set of configurable circuits for configurably performing sets of operations based on received configuration data, wherein the configurable circuits of the first set change configuration data at a different rate than the configurable circuits of the second set.
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31. An integrated circuit (IC) comprising:
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first and second reconfigurable circuits for configurably performing a set of operations based on a set of configuration data; and
data supplying circuitry for supplying configuration data to the reconfigurable circuits, wherein the data supplying circuitry (1) changes the configuration data supplied to the first reconfigurable circuit at a first rate and (2) changes the configuration data supplied to the second reconfigurable circuit at a second rate, wherein the first and second rates are different. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of operating first and second reconfigurable circuits of an integrated circuit (IC), the method comprising:
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reconfiguring the first reconfigurable circuit at a first rate; and
reconfiguring the second reconfigurable circuit at a second rate, wherein the first rate is different than the second rate. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method of reconfiguring configurable circuits of an integrated circuit (IC), the method comprising:
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supplying configuration data sets to a first set of the configurable circuits at a first rate, wherein different configuration data sets configure a configurable circuit to perform different operations; and
supplying configuration data sets to a second set of the configurable circuits at a second rate that is different from the first rate. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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