US 6,023,755 A · Computer with programmable arrays which are reconfigurable in response to instructions to be executed

Abstract

A virtual network consists of many distributed virtual computers interconnected over a communication network of individual links, such as optical fibers or electrical conductors, for example. Each distributed virtual computer has at least two ports connected over respective links to other respective distributed virtual computers on the network. Each distributed virtual computer is connected to or resident within its own host, each host typically being a conventional computer such as a personal computer or a work station, for example, although at least one of the hosts may itself be another virtual computer. Each distributed virtual computer has reconfigurable logic elements such as an FPGA or an array of FPGAs.

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Dependent claims

A method of operating an array of plural field programmable gates (FPG's) and a controller in order to execute a sequence of instructions, comprising:

said controller receiving information defining at least a next one of a succession of computing operations, each of said operations corresponding to at least a respective one of or a respective group of said instructions;
said controller generating, from said next one of said succession of computing operations, a set of respective logic configurations for respective ones of said plural FPGs, said set of respective logic configurations corresponding to said next one of said succession of computing operations;
and
said controller re-configuring the FPGs in said array to said set of logic configurations corresponding to said next one of said succession of computing operations.

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Computer with programmable arrays which are reconfigurable in response to instructions to be executed

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Computer with programmable arrays which are reconfigurable in response to instructions to be executed

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