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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Steven Perry, High Wycombe, GB;
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/0831 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/404 (2013.01); G06F 12/06 (2013.01); G06F 12/0833 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and devices are provided for broadcasting a message to addressed logic blocks in lieu of, or in addition to, programming individual status registers of an integrated circuit. One such device may be an integrated circuit that includes a broadcast bus and addressed logic blocks. The broadcast bus may broadcast an addressed message that includes content and a target address. Each of the addressed logic blocks may receive the addressed message from the broadcast bus and use the content of the addressed message only when the target address matches an address assigned to that logic block.