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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Steven Perry, High Wycombe, GB;
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G06F 13/4234 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for configuring a SPA are disclosed. The SPA comprises a plurality of input ports, a plurality of data memory units, signal processing circuitry, and an enable block including at least two counters. Each counter determines an amount of unprocessed data that is stored in a respective one of the plurality of data memory units, and the enable block is configured to disable the signal processing circuitry until a predetermined amount of data is received over the input ports.