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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2008
Kenneth J. Goodnow, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Clarence R. Ogilvie, Huntington, VT (US);
Christopher B. Reynolds, Underhill, VT (US);
Jack R. Smith, S. Burlington, VT (US);
Sebastian T. Ventrone, S. Burlington, VT (US);
Kenneth J. Goodnow, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Clarence R. Ogilvie, Huntington, VT (US);
Christopher B. Reynolds, Underhill, VT (US);
Jack R. Smith, S. Burlington, VT (US);
Sebastian T. Ventrone, S. Burlington, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A reconfigurable logic array (RLA) having a logic capacity and configured to process a function having a total logic requirement that exceeds the logic capacity of the RLA. The RLA includes first and second storage regions and a plurality of programmable logic elements located between the first and second storage regions. When the function is parsed into a plurality of functional blocks, this configuration allows the RLA to process the function by sequentially processing the functional blocks in alternating directions within the RLA, using the plurality of programmable logic elements to sequentially process each of the functional blocks and using the first and second storage regions to temporarily hold the input and output for that one of the functional blocks.