Flexible design for memory use in integrated circuits

Details Flexible design for memory use in integrated circuits Flexible design for memory use in integrated circuits

2007-08-14

2007-08-14

Whitmore, Stacy A (Department: 2825)

Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor

Nanotechnology related integrated circuit design

Reexamination Certificate

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10713492

ABSTRACT:
A method for designing and using a partially manufactured semiconductor product is disclosed. The partially manufactured semiconductor product, referred to as a slice, contains a fabric of configurable transistors and at least an area of embedded memory. The method contemplates that a range of processors, processing elements, processing circuits exists which might be manufactured as a hardmacs or configured from the transistor fabric of the slice. The method then evaluates all the memory requirements of all the processors in the range to create a memory superset to be embedded into the slice. The memory superset can then be mapped and routed to a particular memory for one of the processors within the range; ports can be mapped and routed to access the selected portions of the memory superset. If any memory is not used, then it and/or its adjoining transistor fabric can become a landing zone for other functions or registers or memories.

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