G - Physics – 06 – F
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G - Physics
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G06F 9/30 (2006.01) G06F 9/318 (2006.01) G06F 9/38 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2246252
A control apparatus and method is provided for controlling operations of functional units in systems. The control apparatus and method implement a set of operations that can include dependencies between the functional units 802-812 of a system 800 to complete each operation. For example, in an asynchronous digital processor, self-timing and inter-block communication are used to implement a self-timed scheduler. The self-timed scheduler and method implement an instruction set using a plurality of functional units 802-812 of the asynchronous digital processor. A scheduler can include a scheduler decoder 814 that decodes each instruction to generate functional unit schedule and control information, a communication device 820 and a plurality of scheduler functional unit controllers 816. Each of the scheduler functional unit controllers corresponds to one of the plurality of functional units of a system. According to the present invention, an entire instruction or instruction set can also be modified, for example, during initialization or execution. The programmable circuit 1302 for a data processing apparatus can include a plurality of functional units 802-812, each functional unit performing a set of prescribed operations. The programmable circuit 1302 can modify an entire instruction. A controller that decodes a current instruction to perform a corresponding instruction task using the plurality of functional units and a communications device coupling the functional units, the programmable circuit and the controller.
Day Paul
Paver Nigel C.
Cogency Technology Incorporated
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
Intellon Corporation
Lg Semicon Co. Ltd.
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