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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
David John Craft, Austin, TX (US);
Scott Whitney Gould, So. Burlington, VT (US);
Frank Ray Keyser, III, Colchester, VT (US);
Brian Worth, Milton, VT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395500 ; 364578 ; 326 39 ; 341 55 ; 341106 ;
Abstract
A generalized data decompression engine is incorporated within a field programmable gate array ('FPGA'). The generalized data decompression engine uses a general purpose data decompression technique such as, for example, a Lempel-Ziv type technique. During operation, a compressed configuration bit stream is received by the generalized data decompression engine in the FPGA and is decompressed thereby. A resultant decompressed configuration bit stream is then used to program logic cells within the FPGA.