METHOD FOR SPECIFYING STATEFUL, TRANSACTION-ORIENTED SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR FLEXIBLE MAPPING TO STRUCTURALLY CONFIGURABLE IN-MEMORY PROCESSING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE

摘要

A method for configuring and programming a semiconductor circuit device having a multiple level array of memory storage cells is provided. The method initiates with expressing a stateful transaction oriented application as a network of flow virtual machines (FVMs), each of the FVMs is associated with a portion of a configurable memory region. The method includes aggregating multiple FVMs into an aggregate flow virtual machine (AFVM) and mapping the AFVM into a portion of the multiple level array of memory storage cells. Multi-way access paths of the multiple level array are configured according to the multiple FVMs and the portion of the multiple level array is programmed to function according to the multiple FVMs. A structurally reconfÊgurable circuit device and methods for designing a circuit are also provided.