Method and apparatus for identifying connections between configurable nodes in a configurable integrated circuit
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1. An integrated circuit (“
- IC”
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a plurality of configurable nodes arranged in an array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; and
a plurality of connection schemes for the plurality of the configurable nodes in the array, wherein a connection scheme is an arrangement of connections between the configurable nodes,wherein a connection scheme for a particular configurable node specifies (i) a set of connections between the particular configurable node and a plurality of closest aligned configurable nodes in the array and (ii) a plurality of long offset direct connections, wherein the connections in the connection scheme do not include intervening interconnect circuits.
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method that defines a set of connections that connect the nodes in a configurable node array. The method identifies different sets of connections for connecting a set of the nodes. For each identified set of connections, the method computes a metric score that quantifies a quality of the identified set of connections. The method then selects one of the identified sets of connections to connect the configurable nodes in the array.
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18 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; and a plurality of connection schemes for the plurality of the configurable nodes in the array, wherein a connection scheme is an arrangement of connections between the configurable nodes, wherein a connection scheme for a particular configurable node specifies (i) a set of connections between the particular configurable node and a plurality of closest aligned configurable nodes in the array and (ii) a plurality of long offset direct connections, wherein the connections in the connection scheme do not include intervening interconnect circuits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electronic device comprising:
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an integrated circuit (“
IC”
), the IC comprising;a plurality of configurable nodes arranged in an array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; and a plurality of connection schemes for the plurality of configurable nodes in the array, wherein a connection scheme is an arrangement of connections between the configurable nodes, wherein a connection scheme for a particular configurable node specifies (i) a set of connections between the particular configurable node and a plurality of closest aligned configurable nodes in the array and (ii) a plurality of long offset direct connections, wherein the connections specified by the connection scheme do not include intervening interconnect circuits; and a memory device that stores configuration data for programming the configurable nodes in the IC. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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