Configurable logic cells
AssigneeMicrochip Technology Incorporated
InventorsKevin Lee Kilzer, Sean Steedman, Jerrold S. Zdenek, Vivien N. Delport, Zeke Lundstrum, Fanie Duvenhage
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Abstract
An integrated circuit device, in accordance with embodiments as claimed includes a central processing core; and a plurality of peripherals operably coupled to the RISC CPU core. In some embodiments, the plurality of peripherals include at least one configurable logic cell peripheral having more inputs than input-output connections on the integrated circuit device. In some embodiments, the inputs include one or more inputs from one or more integrated circuit subsystems.
Claims15
An integrated circuit device, comprising:
- a central processing core;
- a plurality of peripherals operably coupled to the central processing core, the plurality of peripherals including at least one configurable logic cell peripheral, the at least one configurable logic peripheral having more inputs than input-output connections on the integrated circuit device.
An integrated circuit device including a predetermined number of input-output connections, comprising:
- a processor core;
- a plurality of configurable logic peripherals operably coupled to the processor core, each of the plurality of configurable logic peripherals having a number of inputs greater than the predetermined number of input-output connections.
An integrated circuit device, comprising:
- a central processing core;
- a plurality of peripherals operably coupled to the central processing core, the plurality of peripherals including at least one configurable logic cell peripheral, the at least one configurable logic peripheral having more inputs than input-output connections on the integrated circuit device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.