System and method for preparing partially reconfigurable circuit designs

摘要

A circuit design is created in a computer memory in response to user input to a computer processor. The circuit design has a static portion. A virtual socket is instantiated in the circuit design in response to user input, and one or more reconfigurable modules are instantiated in the virtual socket in response to user input. The static portion of the circuit design is coupled to the one or more reconfigurable modules, and configuration data are generated from the circuit design. The configuration data include a configuration bitstream corresponding to the static portion of the circuit design and one or more partial configuration bitstreams corresponding to the one or more reconfigurable modules.

主权项

1. A method of preparing a partially reconfigurable circuit design, comprising:
creating, by a computer processor, a circuit design in a computer memory in response to user input to the computer processor, the circuit design having a static portion; instantiating a virtual socket in the circuit design in response to user input; instantiating decouplers in the virtual socket for the reconfigurable modules; instantiating one or more reconfigurable modules in the virtual socket in response to user input; coupling one or more modules of the static portion to the one or more reconfigurable modules via the decouplers; and generating configuration data from the circuit design, the configuration data including a configuration bitstream corresponding to the static portion of the circuit design and one or more partial configuration bitstreams corresponding to the one or more reconfigurable modules.