Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Application-specific integrated circuit equivalents of programmable logic and associated methods
- Patent Title (中): 专用集成电路等效的可编程逻辑和相关方法
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Application No.: US13955200Application Date: 2013-07-31
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Publication No.: US08863061B2Publication Date: 2014-10-14
- Inventor: Kar Keng Chua , Sammy Cheung , Hee Kong Phoon , Kim Pin Tan , Wei Lian Goay
- Applicant: Altera Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Altera Corporation
- Current Assignee: Altera Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Ropes & Gray LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50 ; H03K19/173 ; H03K19/177

Abstract:
Providing ASIC equivalents of FPGAs is facilitated and made more efficient and economical by using an ASIC architecture including a plurality of so-called hybrid logic elements (“HLEs”), each of which can provide a portion of the full functionality of an FPGA logic element (“LE”). The functionality of each FPGA LE implementing a user's logic design can be mapped to one or more HLEs without re-synthesis of the user's logic. Only as many HLEs as are necessary are used to perform the functions of each LE. The one-for-one equivalence between each LE and either (1) one HLE or (2) a group of HLEs facilitates mapping (without re-synthesis) in either direction between FPGA and ASIC designs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130314122A1 APPLICATION-SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT EQUIVALENTS OF PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2013-11-28
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