Patent ID: 9143128
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F,H03K

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a layout for implementing a user design on an integrated circuit (IC) that comprises reconfigurable circuits, the method comprising: defining, at a computer, a first configuration in the layout for a reconfigurable circuit in a first reconfiguration cycle, wherein the first configuration comprises a first set of configuration values; defining a second configuration for the reconfigurable circuit in a second reconfiguration cycle and identifying a cost for defining the second configuration; decreasing the cost for defining the second configuration when the second configuration comprises a second set of configuration values that comprises the same values as the first set of configuration values; based at least partly on the decreased cost, defining the second configuration for the reconfigurable circuit in the second reconfiguration cycle; and defining a gating configuration value for blocking a reconfiguration of the reconfigurable circuit from the first reconfiguration cycle to the second reconfiguration cycle.