Patent · US Expired

Configurable processing block capable of interacting with external hardware

US7028162B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Ralf Arnold · Aalen, DE
Helge Kleve · Geisenfeld, DE
Christian Siemers · Heide, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2001
Grant date	Apr 11, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 24, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F15/7867
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The configurable hardware block is designed to read data stored in a memory according to its configuration, to process the read-out data arithmetically and/or logically and to write the data representing the result of the processing into the memory. The hardware block is capable of interacting with external hardware, thereby providing a flexible and universally applicable hardware block.

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