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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2006
Jameel Hussein, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dean C. Moss, Raleigh, NC (US);
James A. Walstrum, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Jameel Hussein, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dean C. Moss, Raleigh, NC (US);
James A. Walstrum, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
XILINX, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of verifying configuration data to be loaded into a device having programmable logic is described. The method comprising the steps of validating a configuration bitstream to be loaded into the device having programmable logic; storing a validation indicator with the configuration bitstream in a non-volatile memory device; and configuring the programmable logic according to the configuration bitstream if the validation indicator indicates that valid data is stored in the non-volatile memory device. A system for verifying configuration data to be loaded into a device having programmable logic is also described.