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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2005
Applicants:

Stephen M. Douglass, Saratoga, CA (US);

Ahmad R. Ansari, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Stephen M. Douglass, Saratoga, CA (US);

Ahmad R. Ansari, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for processing data within a programmable gate array comprise a first fixed logic processor and a second fixed logic processor that are embedded within the programmable gate array and detect a custom operation code. The processing continues when a fixed logic processor provides an indication of the custom operational code to the programmable gate array. The processing continues by having at least a portion of the programmable gate array, which is configured as a dedicated processor, performing a fixed logic routine upon receiving the indication from the fixed logic processor.


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