Application specific processor (ASP)
US6697774B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/33
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A modelling tool for use in defining an ASP which receives as its input an input file which for each of a set of peripherals defines the functional attributes of that peripheral in a high level language with an input data structure and which generates from the input file,(i) an interface functions file, which defines the communication attributes of the peripheral with the processor and the functional attributes of the peripheral in a manner independent of any particular data structure,(ii) a test functions file which defines the communication attributes of the processor with the peripheral in a manner independent of any particular data structure, and(iii) a register definition file by allocating specific elements of the input data structure to predefined sectors of a register definition table.
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