公开(公告)号：US20180081834A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-22

申请号：US15703705

申请日：2017-09-13

Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Qiang Wang ,  Zhuolei Wang ,  Taneem Ahmed ,  Zhongpin Luo ,  Qiang Li

IPC: G06F13/20 ,  G06F13/42

CPC classification number: G06F13/20 ,  G06F13/4022 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F15/7871 ,  G06F15/7892 ,  G06F15/80

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for configuring hardware to operate in multiple modes of operation during runtime. Included is a plurality of configurable hardware units each having a plurality of operand inputs for receiving operands, a plurality of outputs for outputting results, and at least one hardware unit configuration input for receiving at least one hardware unit configuration signal. Also included is a configurable interconnect fabric coupled between the configurable hardware units. The configurable interconnect fabric includes a plurality of fabric data inputs and fabric data outputs, and a fabric select input for receiving a fabric select signal. The configurable interconnect fabric is configured to interconnect the configurable hardware units, based on the fabric select signal. A configuration storage configured for containing at least one configuration bit pattern for operating the apparatus in one or more modes of operation and for configuring the hardware during runtime operations.