Patent ID: 11916811
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A method for virtualization of a device that comprises a programmable fabric device, the method comprising:
receiving, in the programmable fabric device, a request to replace a first processing function with a second processing function, wherein a programmable fabric die of the programmable fabric device comprises the first processing function and a base die of the programmable fabric device contains on-package memory that comprises configuration data used to implement the second processing function;
retrieving, by the programmable fabric die, the configuration data for the second processing function from the on-package memory over an interface that connects the base die and the programmable fabric die, wherein the programmable fabric die and the base die are vertically aligned so the base die is vertically below at least a portion of a surface area of the programmable fabric die with a region of the programmable fabric die implementing the second processing function being vertically aligned with a corresponding region-aligned memory of the base die storing the configuration data aligned to the region of the programmable fabric die; and
programming, by the programmable fabric die, a portion of the programmable fabric die with the configuration data for the second processing function during operation of the programmable fabric device.