摘要:
A memory includes a plurality of row segments, with each row segment having a number of memory cells coupled to a corresponding dataline segment pair. Dataline driver circuits are provided between row segments to buffer signals on adjacent dataline segments. A control circuit is coupled to at least one row segment, and provides control signals to the at least one row segment and to the dataline driver circuits.
摘要:
It is sometimes desirable to protect a design used in a PLD from being copied. If the design is stored in a different device from the PLD and read into the PLD through a bitstream, the design may be encrypted as it is read into the PLD and decrypted within the PLD before being loaded into configuration memory cells for configuring the PLD. According to the invention, in such a device, a method is provided to prevent the design from being read back from the PLD in its decrypted state if it had been encrypted when loaded into the PLD.
摘要:
A programmable logic device (PLD) comprises at least one configurable element, and a plurality of programmable logic elements for configuring the configurable element(s). Alternatively, a PLD comprises an interconnect structure and a plurality of programmable logic elements for configuring the interconnect structure. In either embodiment, at least one of the programmable logic elements includes N memory cells. A predetermined one of the N memory cells forms part of a memory slice, wherein at least a portion of each slice of the programmable logic device is allocated to either configuration data or user data memory. Typically, one memory slice provides one configuration of the programmable logic device. In accordance with one embodiment, a memory access port is coupled between at least one of the N memory cells and either one configurable element or the interconnect, thereby facilitating loading of new configuration data into other memory slices during the one configuration. The new configuration data may include off-chip or on-chip data. The present invention typically allocates at least one slice to user data memory and includes means for disabling access to at least one of the N memory cells.
摘要:
A method of time multiplexing a programmable logic device (PLD) includes inputting a design for the PLD and dividing an evaluation of the logic of the design into a plurality of micro cycles. The method further includes identifying the logic not within a critical path of the design and rescheduling the identified logic for evaluation in other micro cycles. Alternatively, if the PLD includes a plurality of combinational logic elements, the method further includes scheduling a combinational logic element in a micro cycle no earlier than all the combinational logic elements that generate the input signals to said combinational logic element. Further alternatively, if the PLD includes a plurality of combinational logic elements and a plurality of sequential logic elements, the method further includes scheduling a sequential logic element in a micro cycle no earlier than all the combinational logic elements that generate input signals to the sequential logic element and scheduling each sequential logic element in a micro cycle no earlier than all the combinational logic elements or the sequential logic elements that the sequential logic element drives. If the PLD includes a plurality of combinational logic elements, a plurality of sequential logic elements, and a storage device, the method further includes mapping at least one of the sequential logic elements in the design into the storage device and scheduling the plurality of combinational logic elements and the remaining sequential logic elements.
摘要:
An integrated circuit having a digital signal processing (DSP) circuit is disclosed. The DSP circuit includes: a plurality of multiplexers receiving a first set, second set, and third set of input data bits, where the plurality of multiplexers are coupled to a first opcode register; a bitwise adder coupled to the plurality of multiplexers for generating a sum set of bits and a carry set of bits from bitwise adding together the first, second, and third set of input data bits; and a second adder coupled to the bitwise adder for adding together the sum set of bits and carry set of bits to produce a summation set of bits and a plurality of carry-out bits, where the second adder is coupled to a second opcode register.
摘要:
A method for detecting a pattern from an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) in an integrated circuit. The method includes the steps of: generating an output from an ALU; bitwise comparing the ALU output to a pattern to produce a first output; inverting the pattern and comparing the ALU output with the inverted pattern to produce a second output; bitwise masking the first and second outputs using a mask of a plurality of masks to produce third and fourth output bits; combining the third and fourth output bits to produce first and a second output comparison bits; and storing the first and second output comparison bits in a memory.
摘要:
An integrated circuit (IC) for convergent rounding including: an adder circuit configured to produce a summation; a comparison circuit configured to bitwise compare the summation with an input pattern, bitwise mask the comparison using a mask, and combine the masked comparison to produce a comparison bit; and rounding circuitry for rounding the summation based at least in part on the comparison bit.
摘要:
A physical floorplan for a digital signal processing (DSP) block including; an interconnect column having a plurality of programmable interconnect elements; a first DSP element having a plurality of first columns, a first output register column of the plurality of first columns positioned adjacent to the interconnect column; and a second DSP element, having a plurality of second columns a second output register column of the plurality of second columns positioned adjacent to the interconnect column.
摘要:
An Arithmetic Logic Unit that includes first multiplexers coupled to a first adder, the first multiplexers controlled by a first opcode register; second multiplexers receiving input from the first adder and coupled to a second adder; and a second opcode register for controlling one or more of the second multiplexers, the first adder, or the second adder. A combination of the bits in the first and second opcode registers configures the ALU to perform one or more arithmetic operations or one or more logic operations or any combination thereof.
摘要:
Described herein are implantable medical devices useful in treating vascular conditions such as restenosis. In one embodiment, stents are described in which a combination of bioactive agents is described for local delivery in the vasculature. The combination of bioactive agents comprises at least one compound capable of inhibiting smooth muscle cell proliferation and at least one compound capable of mitigating MCP- and/or TF induction. For example, a compound capable of inhibiting smooth muscle cell proliferation is a mTOR inhibitor and a compound capable of mitigating MCP-1 and/or TF induction is a corticosteroid.