Element controller for a resilient integrated circuit architecture

A composite electronic circuit operable in a data flow mode, comprising:

• a configurable circuit element;
• a plurality of data input queues coupled to the configurable circuit element;
• a plurality of data output queues coupled to the configurable circuit element;
• and
• an element controller coupled to the configurable circuit element, the element controller adapted to provide for execution of a data operation of the configurable circuit element when input data is present at all significant data input queues, all significant data output queues for the first context have a status to accept output data, and a run status for the first context is enabled.

An electronic circuit operable in a data flow mode, comprising:

• a configurable circuit element having a plurality of contexts, the configurable circuit element adapted to be configured for a plurality of data operations in response to a corresponding context of the plurality of contexts;
• a memory coupled to the configurable circuit element and adapted to store a plurality of configuration bits corresponding to the plurality of contexts;
• a plurality of data input queues coupled to the configurable circuit element, the plurality of data input queues configurable for source-based addressing;
• a plurality of data output queues coupled to the configurable circuit element;
• and
• an element controller coupled to the configurable circuit element and to the memory, the element controller adapted to configure the configurable circuit element for a selected context of the plurality of contexts using corresponding configuration bits;
• further adapted to provide for execution of the selected context of the plurality of contexts of the configurable circuit element for a corresponding data operation of the plurality of data operations when input data is present at all significant data input queues for the selected context, all significant data output queues for the selected context have capacity to accept output data, and the selected context is enabled;
• and further adapted to arbitrate among selected contexts of the plurality of contexts which are ready for execution of corresponding data operations.