Program Binding System, Method and Software for a Resilient Integrated Circuit Architecture

An integrated circuit comprising:

• a plurality of cluster zones, each cluster zone of the plurality of cluster zones having a plurality of computational elements having a plurality of types;
• a plurality of interconnects, each cluster zone of the plurality of cluster zones having an interconnect coupling each output of a computational element to each input of a computational element of the plurality of computational elements of the cluster zone;
• a plurality of intercluster queues coupling one or more interconnects of the plurality of cluster zones;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the plurality of computational elements, the one or more processors to assign a first action to a first computational element having a first type of the plurality of types of computational elements, the first computational element in a first cluster zone of the plurality of cluster zones;
• to assign a second action to a second computational element having a second type of the plurality of types of computational elements, the second computational element in the first cluster zone or in a second cluster zone of the plurality of cluster zones;
• and to establish a first data routing between the first computational element and the second computational element through a first interconnect of the first cluster zone or through a first intercluster queue, the first intercluster queue coupling the first interconnect to a second interconnect of the second cluster zone.

A system for programming an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit having a plurality of cluster zones, each cluster zone of the plurality of cluster zones having a plurality of computational elements having a plurality of types and having an interconnect coupling each output of a computational element to each input of a computational element of the plurality of computational elements in the cluster zone, the integrated circuit having a plurality of intercluster queues coupling the interconnects of predetermined cluster zones of the plurality of cluster zones, the system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors to assign a first action to a first computational element having a first type of the plurality of types of computational elements, the first computational element in a first cluster zone of the plurality of cluster zones;
• to assign a second action to a second computational element having a second type of the plurality of types of computational elements, the second computational element in the first cluster zone or in a second cluster zone of the plurality of cluster zones;
• and to establish a first data routing between the first computational element and the second computational element through a first interconnect of the first cluster zone or through a first intercluster queue, the first intercluster queue coupling the first interconnect to a second interconnect of the second cluster zone.