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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2006
Tony Viet Nam Le, San Jose, CA (US);
Tony Viet Nam Le, San Jose, CA (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of configuring a plurality of memory elements having selectable dimensions, the method comprising the steps of selecting a width of a data word to be output by a circuit having the plurality of memory elements; selecting a width for memory locations of the plurality of memory elements, the width for the memory location being less than the width of a data word; configuring the plurality of memory elements to have the selected width; and concatenating the outputs for the plurality of memory elements to generate a concatenated output comprising a data word. A circuit for configuring a plurality of memory elements having selectable dimensions is also disclosed.