Apparatus, method, system and executable module for configuration and operation of adaptive integrated circuitry having fixed, application specific computational elements

A system for configuring and operating an adaptive circuit, the system comprising:

• a routable and executable information module, the module having first configuration information, second configuration information, and a first routing sequence;
• a plurality of heterogeneous computational elements including a first subset of the plurality of computational elements and a second subset of the plurality of computational elements designated by the first routing sequence, wherein the information module is in a format readable by each of the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements, the format including a header field having an address associated with the adaptive circuit, a routing field including at least a part of the first routing sequence, and a configuration information field including at least a part of the first configuration information;
• an interconnection network coupled to the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements, the interconnection network adapted to selectively provide the first module to the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements, the interconnection network further adapted to change interconnections between the subset of the plurality of computational elements for the first functional mode in response to the first configuration information, the interconnection network further adapted to change interconnections between the subset of the plurality of computational elements for the second functional mode in response to the second configuration information;
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• wherein the routable and executable information module includes timing data for the configuration and reconfiguration of the interconnections between the subset of the plurality of computational elements to perform the first and second functional modes.

A routable and executable information module stored in a non-transitory machine-readable medium for operating an adaptive system, the adaptive system including a plurality of heterogeneous computational elements, and an interconnection network responsive to configure interconnections between the plurality of computational elements, wherein the information module is in a format readable by each of the plurality of heterogeneous computational elements, the format including a header field having an address associated with the adaptive system, a routing field including at least a part of the first routing sequence, and a configuration information field, the module comprising:

• a configuration sequence to direct a first configuration of the interconnections between at least some of the plurality of computational elements to perform a first operating mode according to a first configuration information, part of which is stored in the configuration information field, the configuration sequence further to direct a second configuration of the interconnections between at least some of the plurality of computational elements to perform a second operating mode according to a second configuration information;
• a routing sequence to route information for selective routing of the configuration sequence to the interconnections between the plurality of computational elements;
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• wherein the executable information module includes timing data for the configuration and reconfiguration of the computational elements to perform the first and second functional modes.

A system for configuring and operating an adaptive circuit, the system comprising:

• a simple computational unit having a first computational architecture including a first plurality of interconnected computational elements;
• a complex computational unit having a second, different computational architecture including a second plurality of interconnected computational elements;
• a first routable and executable information module, the module having first configuration information, second configuration information, and a first routing sequence designating a first and second subset of the interconnected computational elements of the computational units, wherein the first information module is in a format readable by each of the computational units, the format including a header field having an address associated with the adaptive system, a routing field including at least a part of the first routing sequence, and a configuration information field including at least a part of the first configuration information;
• an interconnection network coupled to computational units, the interconnection network selectively providing the module to the computational units, the interconnection network further causing interconnections between the subset of the plurality of computational elements to be configured for performance of a first functional mode in response to the first configuration information, and the interconnection network causing the interconnections between at least some of the subset of the plurality of computational elements to be reconfigured for performance of a second functional mode in response to the second configuration information, the first functional mode being different than the second functional mode;
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• wherein the first executable information module includes timing data for the configuration and reconfiguration of the computational units to perform the first and second functional modes.