Programmable interconnect architecture

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PATENT NO 5414638
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07993331

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A programmable interconnect system includes a two-level hierarchal structure of programmable interconnect chips on a circuit board. The first-level, or 'local', interconnect chips are connected to user components. A plurality of second-level, or 'global', interconnect chips interconnect the local interconnect chips so that every local chip is connected to every global chip. Such a system allows connecting any pin of any user component to any other pin of any user component by a conductive path passing through at most three interconnect chips. A large number of such paths are provided even in embodiments with a large number of interconnect chips.

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MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION8005 SW BOECKMAN ROAD WILSONVILLE OR 97070-7777

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kring, Jr Charles J Sunnyvale, CA 1 36
Osann, Jr Robert San Jose, CA 26 802
Verheyen, Henry T San Jose, CA 10 250

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