Reconfigurable interconnect for use in software-defined...

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C716S030000, C716S030000

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07856611

ABSTRACT:
A method of fabricating an interconnect circuit for coupling a plurality of reconfigurable component blocks that implement a defined function. The method comprises the steps of: 1) determining P possible configurations for implementing the defined function; 2) for each of the P possible configuration, determining a list of required interconnections between the plurality of reconfigurable component blocks; 3) determining from the P lists of required interconnections a minimum number, B, of data buses required to implement the P possible configurations for the defined function; 4) for each of the P possible configurations, determining the interconnections of each of the plurality of reconfigurable component blocks to each of the B buses; and 5) implementing programmable switches capable of coupling a first reconfigurable component block to a first bus only if required to implement at least one of the P possible configurations.

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