Configurable integrated circuit with offset connection
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1. An integrated circuit (“
- IC”
) comprising;
a set of at least fifty configurable nodes arranged in an array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns;
a plurality of direct offset connections, wherein each particular direct offset connection connects two configurable nodes that are neither in the same column nor in the same row in the array and which are separated by at least three rows or at least three columns;
and wherein said plurality of direct offset connections does not include any intervening routing circuits.
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Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention provide an configurable integrated circuit (“IC”). This IC has at least fifty configurable nodes arranged in an array that several rows and columns. The IC also has several direct offset connections, where each particular direct offset connection connects two offset nodes that are neither in the same column nor in the same row in the array. In some embodiments, several direct connections do not include any intervening circuits. On the other hand, in some embodiments, several direct connections have intervening circuits, which differ from the nodes in the array.
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1. An integrated circuit (“
- IC”
) comprising;a set of at least fifty configurable nodes arranged in an array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; a plurality of direct offset connections, wherein each particular direct offset connection connects two configurable nodes that are neither in the same column nor in the same row in the array and which are separated by at least three rows or at least three columns; and wherein said plurality of direct offset connections does not include any intervening routing circuits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An integrated circuit (“
- IC”
) comprising;a set of at least fifty configurable nodes arranged in an array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; a plurality of direct long offset connections, wherein each particular direct long offset connection connects two offset nodes that are separated in the array by at least four rows and one column, or at least four columns and one row; and wherein said plurality of direct long offset connections does not include any intervening routing circuits. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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