Programmable circuit and related computing machine and method
CA 2503620 A1 · Owner: Jones, Mark · Inventors: Jones, Mark; Rapp, John W.; Cherasaro, Troy
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A programmable circuit receives configuration data from an external source stores the firmware in a memory, and then downloads the firmware from the memory. Such a programmable circuit allows a system such as a computing , machine, to modify the programmable circuit's configuration thus eliminating , the need for manually reprogramming the configuration memory. For example if , the programmable circuit is an FPGA that is part of a pipeline accelerator a , processor coupled to the accelerator can modify the configuration of the FPGA. More specifically, the processor retrieves from a configuration registry firmware that represents the modified configuration and sends the firmware to , the …
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- Filed October 31, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 31, 2023.
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