Devices and methods with programmable logic and digital signal processing regions

A programmable logic device comprising:

• a plurality of digital signal processing regions that each comprises:
• programmable logic regions,
• digital signal processing circuitry, and
• local interconnect resources that provide configurable interconnection between at least some of the programmable logic regions and the digital signal processing circuitry;
• and
• global interconnect resources that provide configurable interconnection between the plurality of digital signal processing regions.

A programmable logic device comprising:

• a plurality of programmable logic regions;
• a digital signal processing region concentrated in a particular area of the programmable logic device, and the digital signal processing region having digital signal processing inputs;
• and
• interconnect resources that interconnect the digital signal processing region to at least some of the programmable logic regions, and wherein at least some of the interconnect resources are shared between the digital signal processing inputs and at least some of the programmable logic regions.