Patent ID: 7308668

Claim:
An integrated circuit (IC) architecture, comprising: a library of intellectual property (IP) cores configured to provide a plurality of individual circuit functions; said IP cores arranged so as to enable a customized, functional selection of individual ones of said IP cores; wherein individually functional selected said IP cores are accessible through a star based communication structure included within said library, the star based communication structure further comprising: one or more first level communication hubs configured for communication with one or more external circuit devices with respect to said library; a plurality of sub-clusters in communication with each of said first level communication hubs, through second level communication hubs; said plurality of sub-clusters further comprising a plurality of third level communication hubs in communication with a corresponding one of said second level communication hubs; and subsets of said IP cores associated with a given sub-cluster are configured for selective coupling to one or more of said third level communication hubs.