Emulation system having a scalable multi-level multi-stage programmable interconnect network

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PATENT NO 5574388
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08542519

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A scalable multi-level multi-stage network topology is employed to interconnect reconfigurable logic elements within the FPGA, inter-FPGA, interlogic boards, and inter-backplanes. More specifically, under the presently preferred embodiemnt, an on-chip 3-stage inter-logic element crossbar network is provided to each FPGA for interconnecting the reconfigurable logic elements and the I/O pins of the FPGA. A two level two-stage inter-FPGA crossbard network is provided to interconnect the FPGAs and I/O pins of the logic board. A two-level two-stage inter-board crossbar network is provided to interconnect the logic boards or I/O boards for interconnecting the logic elements to external devices. Finally, a single-stage inter-backplane network and a number of PCBs are provided to interconnect multi-backplanes to form a multi-crate system.

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MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION8005 SW BOECKMAN ROAD WILSONVILLE OR 97070-7777
MENTOR GRAPHICS (HOLDING) LTD8005 SW BOECKMAN DRIVE WILSONVILLE OR 97070-7777

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barbier, Jean Chatillon, FR 22 592
LePape, Olivier Paris, FR 20 583
Reblewski, Frederic Les Molieres, FR 40 925

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