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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1997
Laurence H Cooke, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Christopher E Phillips, San Jose, CA (US);
Dale Wong, San Franciso, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method is presented for automatically compiling a high level computer program down into an application specific integrated circuit coupled with a generic microprocessor. The original source code is written in a standard programming language such as ANSI C. Source code analysis is performed by our compiler to automatically determine which blocks of logic are most appropriate for the application specific integrated circuit and which for the generic microprocessor. The complete layout of the application specific integrated circuit is automatically generated by our compiler. Object code for the microprocessor, with custom instructions to invoke the application specific integrated circuit, is also automatically generated by our compiler.