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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2022
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Ellery Cochell, Denver, CO (US);
Ripduman Singh Sohan, San Jose, CA (US);
Kieran Mansley, Cambridge, GB;
XILINX, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
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.'