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Non-sequentially configurable IC

US7948266B2 · kind B2 · utility

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201References

21Claims

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Assignee

TABULA, INC. · US

Inventors

Herman Schmit · Palo Alto, US
Michael Butts · Portland, US
Brad Hutchings · Provo, US
Steven Teig · Menlo Park, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 11, 2010
Grant date	May 24, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 11, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03K19/17758
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments provide an integrated circuit (IC) that has a first interface rate for exchanging signals in at least one direction with a circuit outside of the IC. The IC has multiple reconfigurable circuits. Each of the reconfigurable circuits is for reconfiguring at a second rate. The second rate is faster than the first interface rate. Each of the reconfigurable circuits reconfigures when configuration data that specifies an operation of the particular reconfigurable circuit changes from a first configuration data set that is stored in the IC to a second configuration data set that is also stored in the IC.

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