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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:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald J. Davis, Severn, MD (US);
Toby D. Bennett, Adelphi, MD (US);
Jonathan C. Harris, Crofton, MD (US);
Ian D. Miller, Columbia, MD (US);
Stephen G. Edwards, Laurel, MD (US);
Assignee:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ; G06F 7/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ; G06F 7/38 ;
Abstract
A method and system for programming the hardware of field programmable gate arrays and related reconfigurable resources as if they were software by creating hardware objects that implement application level functionalities, operating system functionalities, and hardware functionalities. Further controlling and executing the hardware objects via high level software constructs and managing the reconfigurable resources, such that the reconfigurable resources are optimized for the tasks currently executing.