Patent ID: 9680773
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G06F,G11C,H04L,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method of dynamically adjusting a receive buffer in an integrated circuit chip, the method comprising: using a first non-programmable buffer circuit of fixed size of the receive buffer to buffer data received by way of a serial interface circuit, wherein the serial interface circuit and the first non-programmable buffer circuit are in the integrated circuit chip; monitoring performance of the serial interface circuit using monitoring circuitry in the integrated circuit chip; and dynamically extending the receive buffer based on said performance during operation of the integrated circuit chip by a control circuit which uses partial reconfiguration as the serial data is received during operation of the integrated circuit chip to instantiate a second buffer circuit in programmable memory blocks and to instantiate associated control logic in a core of the integrated circuit chip.