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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
May. 21, 2003
W. James Scheuermann, Saratoga, CA (US);
W. James Scheuermann, Saratoga, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A computational unit, or node, in a adaptable computing system is described. A preferred embodiment of the node allows the node to be adapted for use for any of ten types of functionality by using a combination of execution units with a configurable interconnection scheme. Functionality types include the following: Asymmetric Finite Impulse Response (FIR) Filter, Symmetric FIR Filter, Complex Multiply/FIR Filter, Sum-of-absolute-differences, Bi-linear Interpolation, Biquad Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) Filter, Radix-2 Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)/Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT), Radix-2 Discrete Cosign Transform (DCT)/Inverse Discrete Cosign Transform (IDCT), Golay Correlator, Local Oscillator/Mixer.