Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reconfigurable apparatus and method for providing multiple modes
- Patent Title (中): 用于提供多种模式的可重构设备和方法
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Application No.: US12153409Application Date: 2008-05-19
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Publication No.: US07870364B2Publication Date: 2011-01-11
- Inventor: Ji-Hoon Bang , Kwang-Chul Kim
- Applicant: Ji-Hoon Bang , Kwang-Chul Kim
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: NSIP Law
- Priority: KR10-2008-0009495 20080130
- Main IPC: G06F15/76
- IPC: G06F15/76 ; G06F15/80

Abstract:
A reconfigurable processor (RP) structure is provided, and particularly, a multi-mode providing apparatus including an exclusive coarse-grained array unit for each mode and a multi-mode providing method thereof are provided. The multi-mode providing apparatus includes: at least one reconfigurable operation mode execution unit performing a plurality of operations for processing a predetermined operation mode; a common coarse-grained array unit shared temporally by the at least one reconfigurable operation mode execution unit, and performing a main processing operation set to be performed by the common coarse-grained array unit, among the plurality of operations; and a controller determining whether the common coarse-grained array unit is available, and according to the result of the determination controlling the at least one reconfigurable operation mode execution unit so that the common coarse-grained array unit or an exclusive coarse-grained array unit performs the main processing operation, the exclusive coarse-grained array unit included in the at least one reconfigurable operation mode execution unit. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a delay time for data processing while reducing the size of hardware.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090193238A1 Reconfigurable apparatus and method for providing multiple modes Public/Granted day:2009-07-30
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