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US 2007/0162247 A1Published application
On circuit finalization of configuration data in a reconfigurable circuit
AssigneeM2000
InventorFrederic Reblewski
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Abstract
Reconfigurable circuits with configuration data loaders are described herein. The configuration data loaders are adapted to enable on circuit finalization of configuration data provided in symbolic form, not fully resolved.
Claims17
A reconfigurable circuit, comprising:
- reconfigurable function blocks, each of the reconfigurable function blocks including reconfigurable logic;
- reconfigurable connection matrices, each of the reconfigurable connection matrices including inputs coupled to the reconfigurable function blocks, outputs coupled to the reconfigurable function blocks, and connection resources that can be reconfigured to selectively connect the inputs of the reconfigurable connection matrix to the outputs of the reconfigurable connection matrix;
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- a configuration data loader coupled to the reconfigurable function blocks and the reconfigurable connection matrices, and adapted to receive a first set of configuration data to configure all or a subset of the reconfigurable logic and the connection resources, with the first set of configuration data being in a symbolic form and not fully particularized in specifying said configuring, and to generate and output a second set of configuration data based at least on the first set of configuration data, with the second set of configuration data being fully particularized in specifying said configuring.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a tool to enable a user to synthesize a circuit design and/or place and route the circuit design on one or more computing devices, including generation of a first set of configuration data to configure a reconfigurable circuit to realize the circuit design, with the first set of configuration data specifying the configuring of the reconfigurable circuit in symbolic form, and not fully particularized to configure reconfigurable resources of the reconfigurable circuit;
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- providing the reconfigurable circuit, the reconfigurable circuit having reconfigurable function blocks, reconfigurable connection matrices, and a configuration loader designed to receive said first set of configuration data specifying said configuration in symbolic form, and generate and output a second set of configuration data to configure all or a subset of the reconfigurable function blocks and/or reconfigurable connection matrices to realize the circuit design.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.