Logical elements with switchable connections in a reconfigurable fabric
US10374605B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 2018 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K19/17764
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for designing a reconfigurable fabric. The reconfigurable fabric is designed using logical elements, configurable connections between and among the logical elements, and rotating circular buffers. The circular buffers contain configuration instructions. The configuration instructions control connections between and among logical elements. The logical elements change operation based on the instructions that rotate through the circular buffers. Clusters of logical elements are interconnected by a switching fabric. Each cluster contains processing elements, storage elements, and switching elements. A circular buffer within a cluster contains multiple switching instructions to control the flow of data throughout the switching fabric. The circular buffer provides a pipelined execution of switching instructions for the implementation of multiple functions. Each cluster contains multiple processing elements, and each cluster further comprises an additional circular buffer for each processing element. Logical operations are controlled by the circular buffers.
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