Patent ID: 7080347
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of specifying a configurable digital system, said method comprising: in at least one hardware definition language (HDL) file, specifying at least one design entity containing a functional portion of the digital system, said at least one design entity logically containing at least one latch having a plurality of different possible configuration values that each corresponds to a different configuration of said functional portion of said digital system; and with a statement in said at least one HDL file, associating a Dial entity with said at least one design entity, said Dial entity having a Dial input, a Dial output, and a mapping table indicating a mapping between each of a plurality of possible input values that can be received at said Dial input and a respective corresponding output value for said Dial output, wherein said output value controls which of said different configuration values is loaded in said at least one configuration latch.