Non-Sequentially Configurable IC

• US 20090167354A9
• Filed: 12/08/2006
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tahoe Research Limited (f/k/a Learndale Limited) (Vector Capital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Brad L. Hutchings, Herman Schmit, Michael Butts, Steve Teig
• Inventors: Hutchings, Brad L., Teig, Steven, Butts, Michael, Schmit, Herman
• Granted Patent: US 7,667,486 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 326/47
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/39 Circuit design at the physical level physical level design for reconfigurable circuits G06F30/347
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 19/17748 Structural details of configuration resources
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 19/17752 for hot reconfiguration
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 19/17758 for speeding up configuration or reconfiguration

Abstract

Some embodiments of the invention provide a configurable integrated circuit (IC). The IC includes at least fifty configurable circuits arranged in an array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Each configurable circuit for configurably performing a set of operations. At least a first configurable circuit reconfigures at a first reconfiguration rate. The first configurable circuit performs a different operation each time the first configurable circuit is reconfigured. The reconfiguration of the first configurable circuit does not follow any sequential progression through the set of operations of the first configurable circuit.

Claims

1. A configurable integrated circuit (IC) comprising:

a plurality of configurable circuits arranged in an array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, each configurable circuit for configurably performing a set of operations;

wherein at least a first configurable circuit reconfigures at a first reconfiguration rate, wherein the reconfiguration of the first configurable circuit does not follow a sequential progression through the set of operations of the first configurable circuit.

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