Method of self-synchronization of configurable elements of a...

Details Method of self-synchronization of configurable elements of a... Method of self-synchronization of configurable elements of a...

2006-04-25

2006-04-25

Browne, Lynne H. (Department: 2116)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Synchronization of plural processors

C713S400000, C713S401000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07036036

ABSTRACT:
A method of synchronizing and reconfiguring configurable elements in a programmable unit is provided. A unit has a two- or multi-dimensional, programmable cell architecture (e.g., DFP, DPGA, etc.), and any configurable element can have access to a configuration register and a status register of the other configurable elements via an interconnection architecture and can thus have an active influence on their function and operation. By making synchronization the responsibility of each element, more synchronization tasks can be performed at the same time because independent elements no longer interfere with each other in accessing a central synchronization instance.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2067477 (1937-01-01), Cooper
patent: 3242998 (1966-03-01), Gubbins
patent: 3681578 (1972-08-01), Stevens
patent: 3757608 (1973-09-01), Willner
patent: 3855577 (1974-12-01), Vandierendonck
patent: 4498134 (1985-02-01), Hansen et al.
patent: 4498172 (1985-02-01), Bhavsar
patent: 4566102 (1986-01-01), Hefner
patent: 4591979 (1986-05-01), Iwashita
patent: 4663706 (1987-05-01), Allen et al.
patent: 4682284 (1987-07-01), Schrofer
patent: 4706216 (1987-11-01), Carter
patent: 4720780 (1988-01-01), Dolecek
patent: 4739474 (1988-04-01), Holsztynski
patent: 4761755 (1988-08-01), Ardini et al.
patent: 4811214 (1989-03-01), Nosenchuck et al.
patent: 4852043 (1989-07-01), Guest
patent: 4852048 (1989-07-01), Moton
patent: 4860201 (1989-08-01), Stolfo et al.
patent: 4870302 (1989-09-01), Freeman
patent: 4891810 (1990-01-01), de Corlieu et al.
patent: 4901268 (1990-02-01), Judd
patent: 4910665 (1990-03-01), Mattheyses et al.
patent: 4967340 (1990-10-01), Dawes
patent: 5014193 (1991-05-01), Garner et al.
patent: 5015884 (1991-05-01), Agrawal et al.
patent: 5021947 (1991-06-01), Campbell et al.
patent: 5023775 (1991-06-01), Poret
patent: 5043978 (1991-08-01), Nagler et al.
patent: 5047924 (1991-09-01), Fujioka et al.
patent: 5065308 (1991-11-01), Evans
patent: 5072178 (1991-12-01), Matsumoto
patent: 5081375 (1992-01-01), Pickett et al.
patent: 5109503 (1992-04-01), Cruickshank et al.
patent: 5113498 (1992-05-01), Evan et al.
patent: 5115510 (1992-05-01), Okamoto et al.
patent: 5123109 (1992-06-01), Hillis
patent: 5125801 (1992-06-01), Nabity et al.
patent: 5128559 (1992-07-01), Steele
patent: 5142469 (1992-08-01), Weisenborn
patent: 5144166 (1992-09-01), Camarota et al.
patent: 5193202 (1993-03-01), Jackson et al.
patent: 5203005 (1993-04-01), Horst
patent: 5204935 (1993-04-01), Mihara et al.
patent: 5208491 (1993-05-01), Ebeling et al.
patent: 5226122 (1993-07-01), Thayer et al.
patent: RE34363 (1993-08-01), Freeman
patent: 5233539 (1993-08-01), Agrawal et al.
patent: 5247689 (1993-09-01), Ewert
patent: 5274593 (1993-12-01), Proebsting
patent: 5287472 (1994-02-01), Horst
patent: 5294119 (1994-03-01), Vincent et al.
patent: 5301284 (1994-04-01), Estes et al.
patent: 5301344 (1994-04-01), Kolchinsky
patent: 5303172 (1994-04-01), Magar et al.
patent: 5336950 (1994-08-01), Popli et al.
patent: 5347639 (1994-09-01), Rechtschaffen et al.
patent: 5349193 (1994-09-01), Mott et al.
patent: 5353432 (1994-10-01), Richek et al.
patent: 5361373 (1994-11-01), Gilson
patent: 5379444 (1995-01-01), Mumme
patent: 5410723 (1995-04-01), Schmidt et al.
patent: 5418952 (1995-05-01), Morley et al.
patent: 5421019 (1995-05-01), Holsztynski et al.
patent: 5422823 (1995-06-01), Agrawal et al.
patent: 5425036 (1995-06-01), Liu et al.
patent: 5426378 (1995-06-01), Ong
patent: 5428526 (1995-06-01), Flood et al.
patent: 5430687 (1995-07-01), Hung et al.
patent: 5440245 (1995-08-01), Galbraith et al.
patent: 5440538 (1995-08-01), Olsen
patent: 5442790 (1995-08-01), Nosenchuck
patent: 5444394 (1995-08-01), Watson et al.
patent: 5448186 (1995-09-01), Kawata
patent: 5455525 (1995-10-01), Ho et al.
patent: 5457644 (1995-10-01), McCollum
patent: 5465375 (1995-11-01), Thepaut et al.
patent: 5473266 (1995-12-01), Ahanin et al.
patent: 5473267 (1995-12-01), Stansfield
patent: 5475583 (1995-12-01), Bock et al.
patent: 5475803 (1995-12-01), Stearns et al.
patent: 5475856 (1995-12-01), Kogge
patent: 5483620 (1996-01-01), Pechanek et al.
patent: 5485103 (1996-01-01), Pedersen et al.
patent: 5485104 (1996-01-01), Agrawal et al.
patent: 5489857 (1996-02-01), Agrawal et al.
patent: 5491353 (1996-02-01), Kean
patent: 5493239 (1996-02-01), Zlotnick
patent: 5497498 (1996-03-01), Taylor
patent: 5506998 (1996-04-01), Kato et al.
patent: 5510730 (1996-04-01), El Gamal et al.
patent: 5511173 (1996-04-01), Yamaura et al.
patent: 5513366 (1996-04-01), Agarwal et al.
patent: 5521837 (1996-05-01), Frankle et al.
patent: 5522083 (1996-05-01), Gove et al.
patent: 5530873 (1996-06-01), Takano
patent: 5530946 (1996-06-01), Bouvier et al.
patent: 5532693 (1996-07-01), Winters et al.
patent: 5532957 (1996-07-01), Malhi
patent: 5535406 (1996-07-01), Kolchinsky
patent: 5537057 (1996-07-01), Leong et al.
patent: 5537601 (1996-07-01), Kimura et al.
patent: 5541530 (1996-07-01), Cliff et al.
patent: 5544336 (1996-08-01), Kato et al.
patent: 5548773 (1996-08-01), Kemeny et al.
patent: 5555434 (1996-09-01), Carlstedt
patent: 5559450 (1996-09-01), Ngai et al.
patent: 5561738 (1996-10-01), Kinerk et al.
patent: 5570040 (1996-10-01), Lytle et al.
patent: 5574930 (1996-11-01), Halverson, Jr. et al.
patent: 5583450 (1996-12-01), Trimberger et al.
patent: 5586044 (1996-12-01), Agrawal et al.
patent: 5587921 (1996-12-01), Agrawal et al.
patent: 5588152 (1996-12-01), Dapp et al.
patent: 5590345 (1996-12-01), Barker et al.
patent: 5590348 (1996-12-01), Phillips et al.
patent: 5596742 (1997-01-01), Agarwal et al.
patent: 5600265 (1997-02-01), El Gamal et al.
patent: 5600845 (1997-02-01), Gilson
patent: 5611049 (1997-03-01), Pitts
patent: 5617547 (1997-04-01), Feeney et al.
patent: 5625806 (1997-04-01), Kromer
patent: 5634131 (1997-05-01), Matter et al.
patent: 5649176 (1997-07-01), Selvidge et al.
patent: 5649179 (1997-07-01), Steenstra et al.
patent: 5652894 (1997-07-01), Hu et al.
patent: 5655069 (1997-08-01), Ogawara et al.
patent: 5655124 (1997-08-01), Lin
patent: 5657330 (1997-08-01), Matsumoto
patent: 5659797 (1997-08-01), Zandveld et al.
patent: 5675743 (1997-10-01), Mavity
patent: 5680583 (1997-10-01), Kuijsten
patent: 5713037 (1998-01-01), Wilkinson et al.
patent: 5717943 (1998-02-01), Barker et al.
patent: 5732209 (1998-03-01), Vigil et al.
patent: 5734921 (1998-03-01), Dapp et al.
patent: 5742180 (1998-04-01), Detton
patent: 5748872 (1998-05-01), Norman
patent: 5754827 (1998-05-01), Barbier et al.
patent: 5754871 (1998-05-01), Wilkinson et al.
patent: 5760602 (1998-06-01), Tan
patent: 5761484 (1998-06-01), Agarwal et al.
patent: 5773994 (1998-06-01), Jones
patent: 5778439 (1998-07-01), Trimberger et al.
patent: 5784636 (1998-07-01), Rupp
patent: 5794059 (1998-08-01), Barker et al.
patent: 5794062 (1998-08-01), Baxter
patent: 5801715 (1998-09-01), Norman
patent: 5802290 (1998-09-01), Casselman
patent: 5828229 (1998-10-01), Cliff et al.
patent: 5828858 (1998-10-01), Athanas
patent: 5838165 (1998-11-01), Chatter
patent: 5844888 (1998-12-01), Markkula
patent: 5848238 (1998-12-01), Shimomura et al.
patent: 5854918 (1998-12-01), Baxter
patent: 5859544 (1999-01-01), Norman
patent: 5865239 (1999-02-01), Carr
patent: 5867691 (1999-02-01), Shiraishi
patent: 5867723 (1999-02-01), Chin et al.
patent: 5884075 (1999-03-01), Hester et al.
patent: 5887162 (1999-03-01), Williams et al.
patent: 5889982 (1999-03-01), Rodgers et al.
patent: 5892370 (1999-04-01), Eaton et al.
patent: 5892961 (1999-04-01), Trimberger et al.
patent: 5901279 (1999-05-01), Davis, III
patent: 5915123 (1999-06-01), Mirsky et al.
patent: 5924119 (1999-07-01), Sindhu et al.
patent: 5927423 (1999-07-01), Wada et al.
patent: 5933642 (1999-08-01), Greenbaum et al.
patent: 5936424 (1999-08-01), Young et al.
patent: 5943242 (1999-08-01), Vorbach et al.
patent: 5956518 (1999-09-01), DeHon et al.
patent: 5966534 (1999-10-01), Cooke et al.
patent: 5970254 (1999-10-01), Cooke et al.
patent: 5978260 (1999-11-01), Trimberger et al.
patent: 6011407 (2000-01-01), New
patent: 6014509 (2000-01-01), Furtek et al.
patent: 6020758 (2000-02-01),

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Method of self-synchronization of configurable elements of a... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Method of self-synchronization of configurable elements of a..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method of self-synchronization of configurable elements of a... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3551982