Device for having processors each having interface for transferring delivery units specifying direction and distance and operable to emulate plurality of field programmable gate arrays
US5838908A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 13, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F15/7867
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A virtual field programmable gate array device (20) includes a plurality of processors (22), each containing a central processing unit (24), memory (34), and a network interface (26). Each processor (22) may be programmed to emulate a multiple number of gates of a conventional field programmable gate array device. Each processor (22) is part of a network array to allow for information transfer between and among each processor (22). Information transfer is accomplished through the use of delivery units (50) that identify the routing vector for the information to an appropriate processor (22).
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