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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2004
Neil G. Jacobson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Emigdio M. Flores, Jr., Coral Springs, FL (US);
Sanjay Srivastava, San Jose, CA (US);
Bin Dai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sungnien Jerry Mao, Fremont, CA (US);
Rosa M. Y. Chow, Redwood City, CA (US);
Pushpasheel Tawade, San Jose, CA (US);
Neil G. Jacobson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Emigdio M. Flores, Jr., Coral Springs, FL (US);
Sanjay Srivastava, San Jose, CA (US);
Bin Dai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sungnien Jerry Mao, Fremont, CA (US);
Rosa M. Y. Chow, Redwood City, CA (US);
Pushpasheel Tawade, San Jose, CA (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Various approaches for converting configuration data for programmable circuits are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first configuration bitstream is provided. The first configuration bitstream has a format compatible with a first protocol for communicating with and configuring the programmable circuit. A second protocol is selected for communicating with and configuring the programmable circuit, and the first configuration bitstream is converted to a second configuration bitstream. The second configuration bitstream has a format compatible with the second protocol. The programmable circuit is configured with the second configuration bitstream.