Configurable processor system unit
AssigneeTriscend Corporation
InventorsSteven Paul Winegarden, Bart Reynolds, Brian Fox, Jean-Didier Allegrucci, Sridhar Krishnamurthy, Danesh Tavana, Arye Ziklik, Andreas Papaliolios, Stanley S. Yang, Fung Fung Lee
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Abstract
The configurable processor system includes a processor, an internal system bus, and a programmable logic all interconnected via the internal system bus, on a single integrated circuit.
Claims109
A configurable processor system unit comprising:
- a processor;
- at least one region of random access memory (RAM) based dynamically configurable volatile programmable logic;
- and
- a bus coupling the processor and the at least one region of programmable logic;
- wherein the processor, the programmable logic, and the bus are implemented on a single integrated circuit.
A system on an integrated circuit comprising:
- a processor;
- an internal system bus;
- and
- a repetitive, block based, dynamically configurable programmable logic coupled to the processor by the internal system bus.
A system comprising:
- a means for high performance processing;
- a means for coupling signals between components of the system;
- and
- a means for configuring customized gate arrays in a RAM-based logic circuit;
- wherein the means for processing, the means for coupling and the means for configuring are implemented on a single substrate.
A configurable processor system unit comprising:
- a processor;
- at least one region of programmable logic dynamically configurable by the processor;
- and
- a bus coupling the processor and the programmable logic;
- wherein the processor, the programmable logic and the bus are implemented on a single integrated circuit.
A configurable system-on-a-chip comprising:
- a processor;
- at least one region of dynamically reconfigurable programmable logic that may be a bus master;
- and
- a system bus coupling the processor and the programmable logic;
- and
- a bus arbitration logic to arbitrate bus access between multiple masters.
A configurable system-on-a-chip comprising:
- a processor;
- at least one region of programmable logic, the programmable logic further providing input/output (I/O) to the system-on-a-chip;
- and
- a bus coupling the processor and the programmable logic.
A configurable system-on-a-chip comprising:
- a processor;
- a dynamically configurable programmable logic that may be reconfigured during run-time;
- and
- a bus coupling the processor and the programmable logic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.