Patent ID: 8156313

Claim:
An integrated circuit comprising: a first functional component and a second functional component, each functional component comprising a plurality of logic devices for performing a function; a GO component coupled to a first functional component for storing a first electrical address of a connector memory, the GO component functioned to start the first functional component when the value of the connector memory specified by the first electrical address is set to a GO value; and a DONE component coupled to a second functional component for storing a second electrical address of a connector memory, the DONE component functioned to identify the completion of the second functional component by setting the value of the connector memory specified by the second electrical address to a DONE value; wherein by setting the first electrical address of the first functional component to be the same as the second electrical address of the second functional component, the first and second functional components are chained so that the first functional component starts after the completion of the second functional component.