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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2004
Applicants:
Jeffrey Orion Pritchard, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Todd Wayne, Soquel, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Orion Pritchard, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Todd Wayne, Soquel, CA (US);
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/45 (2006.01); H03K 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for implementing a programmable device including a processor core and a hardware accelerator. A portion of a program written in a high-level language is automatically selected for hardware acceleration. Dedicated ports are generated to allow the hardware accelerator to handle pointer referencing and dereferencing. Profiling information is used to optimize selection of code for hardware acceleration.