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Apparatus and method for implementing an integrated circuit IP core library architecture

US7308668B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 2005
Grant dateDec 11, 2007
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Expiry dateNov 18, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F30/30
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit (IC) architecture includes a library of intellectual property (IP) cores configured to provide a plurality of individual circuit functions. The IP cores arranged in a manner compatible with a customized, functional selection of individual ones of the IP cores, wherein individually selected cores are accessible through a communication structure included within the library.

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