Hub/router for communication between cores using cartesian coordinates
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsW. Riyon Harding, Sebastian Ventrone
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Abstract
A method and structure for an integrated circuit is disclosed. The invention includes a plurality of logic cores, a plurality of local hubs connected to said logic cores, and a plurality of global hubs connected to said local hubs. The local hubs and the global hubs transfer data between the logic cores.
Claims28
An integrated circuit comprising:
- a plurality of logic cores;
- a plurality of local hubs connected to said logic cores;
- and
- a plurality of global hubs connected to said local hubs, wherein said local hubs and said global hubs transfer data between said logic cores.
An integrated circuit comprising:
- a plurality of logic cores;
- a plurality of local hubs connected to said logic cores;
- a plurality of global hubs connected to said local hubs;
- first data paths connecting said local hubs to said logic cores;
- and
- second data paths connecting said local hubs to said global hubs and said global hubs to each other,
- wherein said local hubs and said global hubs transfer data between said logic cores, and
- wherein said local data paths and said global data paths are independent of one another.
A method of transferring data between logic cores in an integrated circuit, said method comprising:
- transferring data from a sending logic core to a first local hub;
- transferring said data from said first in local hub to a first global hub;
- transferring said data from said first global hub to a second global hub;
- transferring said data from said second global hub to be a second local hub;
- and
- transferring said data from said second local hub to a destination logic core.
A method of designing communication pathways between logic cores within an integrated circuit, said method comprising:
- connecting a plurality of local hubs to said logic cores;
- and
- connecting a plurality of global hubs to said local hubs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.