公开(公告)号：US11916552B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US17690845

申请日：2022-03-09

Applicant: XILINX, INC.

Inventor： Ellery Cochell ,  Ripduman Singh Sohan ,  Kieran Mansley

IPC: H03K19/1776 ,  H03K19/17756 ,  G06F30/34 ,  H03K19/00

CPC classification number: H03K19/1776 ,  G06F30/34 ,  H03K19/17756 ,  H03K19/00

Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for dynamically modifying a kernel (and associated user-specified circuitry) for a dynamic region of a programmable integrated circuit (IC) without affecting (e.g., while allowing) operation of other kernels ((and other associated user-specified circuitry) in the programmable IC. Dynamically modifying a kernel may include, for example, unloading an existing kernel, loading a new kernel, or replacing a first kernel with a second kernel). In the case of networking (e.g., in a data center application) where the programmable IC may be part of a hardware acceleration card (e.g., a network interface card (NIC)), the kernel may be user code referred to as a “plugin.”