Patent ID: 6484304
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for generating an application specific integrated circuit, the method comprising:a) providing a software configurable semiconductor integrated circuit having set data paths and comprising a predetermined fixed hardware architecture having a plurality of specialized task engines, each of the plurality of specialized task engines performing at least one operation comprising an algorithm, a data communication, or a data manipulation according to an instruction from at least one microtask; b) defining a high-level language program that describes the application specific integrated circuit, the high-level language program being defined by using at least one application library that is optimized for at least one of the plurality of specialized task engines; c) converting the high-level language program into a program image of the application specific integrated circuit; and d) mapping the program image onto at least one of the plurality of specialized task engines to implement the application specific integrated circuit.