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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2004
Applicants:

James M. Simkins, Park City, UT (US);

Steven P. Young, Boulder, CO (US);

Jennifer Wong, Fremont, CA (US);

Bernard J. New, Carmel Valley, CA (US);

Alvin Y. Ching, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

James M. Simkins, Park City, UT (US);

Steven P. Young, Boulder, CO (US);

Jennifer Wong, Fremont, CA (US);

Bernard J. New, Carmel Valley, CA (US);

Alvin Y. Ching, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Described is a programmable logic device (PLD) with columns of DSP slices that can be cascaded to create DSP circuits of varying size and complexity. Each slice includes a mode port that receives mode control signals for dynamically altering the function and connectivity of related slices. Such alterations can occur with or without reconfiguring the PLD.


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