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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2008
Ernst Mayer, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ronald H. Nicholson, Jr., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Steven Winegarden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ernst Mayer, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ronald H. Nicholson, Jr., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Steven Winegarden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Agate Logic, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for interconnecting base, switching and interconnect resources for configurable integrated circuits are provided, where these methods include the following steps: interconnecting base and switching resources with interconnect resources to form a hierarchical interconnect structure; physically placing the hierarchical interconnect structure in a two dimensional format; and directly interconnecting selected neighboring base and switching resources. The integrated circuits generated include base resources, interconnect resources; and switching resources that are interconnected to form a hierarchical interconnect structure, and, additional interconnect resources that directly interconnect neighboring switching or base resources.