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Communication within an integrated circuit including an array of interconnected programmable logic elements

US8675681B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

25Claims

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Assignee

Arm Limited · GB

Inventors

Stephen John Hill · Grantchester, GB
Michael Müller · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 6, 2010
Grant date	Mar 18, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 20, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03K19/17744
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit includes an array of interconnected programmable logic elements (2) each logic element performing data processing control by a configuration. The logic elements may be part of a field programmable gate array. Embedded within the array are a plurality of dedicated communication interface circuits (36) providing access to one or more shared communication channels (38) to provide intra-array communication. Communication transactions between functional unit (78, 80, 82, 84) are multiplexed (e.g. time-division-multiplexed) together to share a shared communication channel provided within the array.

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