Configurable integrated circuit with different connection schemes
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1. An integrated circuit (“
- IC”
) 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 a connection scheme is an arrangement of connections between nodes, wherein the connections do not include intervening interconnect circuits,wherein at least two similar nodes have two different connection schemes, wherein the two similar nodes are not on the boundary of the array and cannot be connected to any nodes on the boundary of the array with any connection that is specified in any of the 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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20 Claims
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1. An integrated circuit (“
- IC”
) 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 a connection scheme is an arrangement of connections between nodes, wherein the connections do not include intervening interconnect circuits, wherein at least two similar nodes have two different connection schemes, wherein the two similar nodes are not on the boundary of the array and cannot be connected to any nodes on the boundary of the array with any connection that is specified in any of the connection schemes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A configurable integrated circuit (“
- IC”
) comprising;a plurality of configurable nodes arranged in an array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; said configurable nodes including first and second nodes that are similar and that are not on the boundary of the array; a first connection scheme that specifies a set of connections between the first node and a first set of nodes in the array, a second connection scheme that specifies a second set of connections between the second node and a second set of nodes in the array, wherein the first and second sets of connections differ, wherein said first connection scheme and said second connection scheme do not use intervening interconnect circuits between nodes, and wherein the first and second nodes cannot connect to any nodes on the boundary of the array with any connection that is specified in either connection scheme. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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