IC WITH MMW TRANSCEIVER COMMUNICATIONS
First Claim
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1. A circuit comprising:
- a processing module including;
a processing core; and
a first processing module millimeter wave (MMW) transceiver coupled to the processing core; and
main memory including;
memory; and
a first memory MMW transceiver coupled to the memory, wherein at least one of an instruction and data is conveyed between the processing core and the memory via the first processing module MMW transceiver and the first memory MMW transceiver.
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Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) includes a processing module and main memory. The processing module includes a processing core and a first processing module millimeter wave (MMW) transceiver coupled to the processing core. The main memory includes memory and a first memory MMW transceiver coupled to the memory. At least one of an instruction and data is conveyed between the processing core and the memory via the first processing module MMW transceiver and the first memory MMW transceiver.
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21 Claims
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1. A circuit comprising:
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a processing module including; a processing core; and a first processing module millimeter wave (MMW) transceiver coupled to the processing core; and main memory including; memory; and a first memory MMW transceiver coupled to the memory, wherein at least one of an instruction and data is conveyed between the processing core and the memory via the first processing module MMW transceiver and the first memory MMW transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A circuit comprises:
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a processing module including; a processing core; a first processing module millimeter wave (MMW) transceiver coupled to the processing core; and a second processing module MMW transceiver coupled to the processing core; main memory including; memory; a first memory MMW transceiver coupled to the memory, wherein at least one of an instruction and data is conveyed between the processing core and the memory via the first processing module MMW transceiver and the first memory MMW transceiver using a first channel of a plurality of channels; and a second memory MMW transceiver coupled to the memory; and an access module including; an access control module; a first access control module MMW transceiver coupled to the access control module; and a second access control module MMW transceiver coupled to the access control module, wherein a memory access request or a processing request is received via the first access control module MMW transceiver using a second channel of the plurality of channels, wherein the access module conveys the processing request to the processing core via the second access control module MMW transceiver and the second processing module MMW transceiver, and wherein the access module conveys the memory access request to the memory via the second access control module MMW transceiver and the second memory MMW transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (10, 12, 13, 14)
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11. The circuit of claim further comprises:
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a plurality of peripheral components, wherein each of the plurality of peripheral components includes; a peripheral component core; and a peripheral MMW transceiver, wherein the memory access request or the processing request and a corresponding response are conveyed between the peripheral component core and the access control module via the second access control module MMW transceiver and the peripheral MMW transceiver using the second channel.
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15. A circuit comprises:
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a core access control module including; a first core millimeter wave (MMW) transceiver operable to convey a memory message with main memory; and a second core MMW transceiver operable to convey a processing message with a processing module; and a peripheral access control module coupled to the core access control module, wherein the peripheral access control module includes; a peripheral access MMW transceiver operable to convey a peripheral message with one of a plurality of peripheral components. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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