Patent ID: 8860457

Claim:
A reconfigurable instruction cell array (RICA), comprising: an array of switch boxes organized into broadcast sets of switch boxes, each switch box including a programmable instruction cell and switch fabric configurable according to a corresponding configuration word, each switch box including a latch array configured to store the corresponding configuration word, wherein each configuration word comprises a plurality of configuration bits and each latch array comprises a plurality of latches corresponding to the plurality of configuration bits; a plurality of configuration busses corresponding to the plurality of broadcast sets, each configuration bus comprising a plurality of configuration bit conductors corresponding to the plurality of configuration bits, each configuration bit conductor configured to conduct the corresponding configuration bit, wherein for each broadcast set, the corresponding bit conductor for each configuration bit couples to a data input terminal for the corresponding latch in each latch array for the broadcast set; and an addressing circuit configured to selectively address the latch arrays such that each latch array latches its corresponding configuration word from the corresponding configuration bus.