System, apparatus and method for data path routing configurable to perform dynamic bit permutations
US7237055B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F7/768
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system, apparatus and a method for routing data over fewer switches and interconnections among reconfigurable logic elements, and for adapting routing resources to dynamically perform complex bit-level permutations, such as shifting and bit reversal operations. In one embodiment, an exemplary silo routing circuit is formed upon a semiconductor substrate and routes data among a number of reconfigurable computational elements. The silo routing circuit comprises a plurality of input terminals and a plurality of output terminals. Further, the silo routing circuit includes a multi-stage interconnection network (“MIN”) of switches configurable to form data paths from any input terminal to any output terminal.
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