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Reconfigurable IC that has sections running at different looperness

US7276933B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 2005
Grant dateOct 2, 2007
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K19/17756
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a reconfigurable IC that includes at least two sections, each with several configurable circuits. Each configurable circuit configurably performs a set of operations. Each section stores multiple configuration data sets for each configurable circuit. Each configuration data set for a particular configurable circuit specifies the operation that the particular configurable circuit has to perform from the circuit's set of operations, where the configurable circuits of different sections iterate through different numbers of configuration data sets.

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