US 10,311,017 B2 · Reconfigurable processor and timing control method thereof

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a reconfigurable processor and a timing control method thereof. The reconfigurable processor comprises a reconfigurable cell array (RCA) including a plurality of reconfigurable cells (RCs) and a control unit; the control unit is configured to generate and send a timing control information to the RCA; and the RCA is configured to execute an operation task according to the timing control information, wherein the RC in the RCA starts to execute an operation when receiving the timing control information, and delivers the timing control information to a next level of RC within the RCA according to a preset order after the operation is completed; and when the RCA completes the operation task corresponding to the timing control information, the RCA destroys the timing control information, wherein the operation task includes operations executed by each level of the RCs receiving the timing control information. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the operation efficiency of the RCA is improved, thereby optimizing the performance of the processor.

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Dependent claims

A reconfigurable processor, wherein the reconfigurable processor comprises a reconfigurable cell array RCA including a plurality of reconfigurable cells RCs and a control unit including a reconfigurable configuration manager RCM and a reconfigurable schedule manager RSM, wherein

the RCM is configured to parse a configuration information and send a result of the parsing to the RCA to configure an operation function of at least a part of the RCs in the RCA;
the RSM is configured to receive the configuration information from the RCM, to generate timing control information according to the configuration information, and to send the timing control information including a token to the RCA;
and
the RCA is configured to execute an operation task according to the timing control information, wherein an RC in the RCA starts to execute an operation when receiving the timing control information, and delivers the timing control information to a next level of RC within the RCA according to a preset order after the operation is completed;
and when the RCA completes the operation task corresponding to the timing control information, the RCA destroys the timing control information, wherein the operation task includes operations executed by each level of the RCs receiving the timing control information.

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A timing control method of a reconfigurable processor, wherein the reconfigurable processor comprises a reconfigurable cell array RCA including a plurality of reconfigurable cells RCs and a control unit including a reconfigurable configuration manager RCM and a reconfigurable schedule manager RSM, and the method comprises:

parsing, by the RCM, a configuration information and sending, by the RCM, a result of the parsing to the RCA to configure an operation function of at least a part of the RCs in the RCA;
receiving, by the RSM, the configuration information from the RCM, generating, by the RSM, timing control information according to the configuration information, and sending, by the RSM the timing control information including a token to the RCA;
starting executing, by an RC in the RCA, an operation when receiving the timing control information, and delivering, by the RC in the RCA, the timing control information to a next level of RC within the RCA according to a preset order after the operation is completed;
and
destroying, by the RCA, the timing control information, when the RCA completes an operation task corresponding to the timing control information, wherein the operation task includes operations executed by each level of the RCs receiving the timing control information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Reconfigurable processor and timing control method thereof

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