Logical elements with switchable connections in a reconfigurable fabric
AssigneeWave Computing, Inc.
InventorChristopher John Nicol
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AssigneeWave Computing, Inc.
InventorChristopher John Nicol
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Techniques are disclosed for designing a reconfigurable fabric. The reconfigurable fabric is designed using logical elements, configurable connections between and among the logical elements, and rotating circular buffers. The circular buffers contain configuration instructions. The configuration instructions control connections between and among logical elements. The logical elements change operation based on the instructions that rotate through the circular buffers. Clusters of logical elements are interconnected by a switching fabric. Each cluster contains processing elements, storage elements, and switching elements. A circular buffer within a cluster contains multiple switching instructions to control the flow of data throughout the switching fabric. The circular buffer provides a pipelined execution of switching instructions for the implementation of multiple functions. Each cluster contains multiple processing elements, and each cluster further comprises an additional circular buffer for each processing element. Logical operations are controlled by the circular buffers.
A computer-implemented method of designing a reconfigurable fabric comprising:
A computer program embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium for implementation of a reconfigurable fabric, the computer program comprising code which configures one or more processors to perform operations of:
A computer system for implementation of a reconfigurable fabric comprising:
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