Patents by Inventor Simon Longcroft

Simon Longcroft has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11853669
    Abstract: A logic block can be relocated without recompilation from a first area to a second area on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) if the pattern of fabric tiles in the second area is the same as the pattern of fabric tiles in the first area, and if the two areas have the same dimensions. The design system runs synthesis, placement, and routing on a partition of a design at a first location, exports that partition to a persistent on-disk database, imports one or multiple copies of the partition into a larger design, and moves one or more of the copies from the first area to a target area in the larger design. The compatibility of the second area may be identified based on fabric tile signatures of the first area and the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Achronix Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Riepe, Kamal Choundhary, Amit Singh, Shirish Jawale, Karl Koehler, Simon Longcroft, Scott Senst, Clark Hilbert, Kent Orthner
  • Publication number: 20230367940
    Abstract: A logic block can be relocated without recompilation from a first area to a second area on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) if the pattern of fabric tiles in the second area is the same as the pattern of fabric tiles in the first area, and if the two areas have the same dimensions. The design system runs synthesis, placement, and routing on a partition of a design at a first location, exports that partition to a persistent on-disk database, imports one or multiple copies of the partition into a larger design, and moves one or more of the copies from the first area to a target area in the larger design. The compatibility of the second area may be identified based on fabric tile signatures of the first area and the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Riepe, Kamal Choundhary, Amit Singh, Shirish Jawale, Karl Koehler, Simon Longcroft, Scott Senst, Clark Hilbert, Kent Orthner
  • Publication number: 20230169251
    Abstract: A logic block can be relocated without recompilation from a first area to a second area on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) if the pattern of fabric tiles in the second area is the same as the pattern of fabric tiles in the first area, and if the two areas have the same dimensions. The design system runs synthesis, placement, and routing on a partition of a design at a first location, exports that partition to a persistent on-disk database, imports one or multiple copies of the partition into a larger design, and moves one or more of the copies from the first area to a target area in the larger design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Riepe, Kamal Choundhary, Amit Singh, Shirish Jawale, Karl Koehler, Simon Longcroft, Scott Senst, Clark Hilbert, Kent Orthner
  • Patent number: 6054977
    Abstract: A method of display unconversion wherein each output field line is interpolated from at least three input field lines from each of at least three input fields. By increasing the field rate by 1.5 (instead of simple field doubling) and by increasing the line rate by 1.5 (instead of simple line doubling) a substantial increase in picture quality can be achieved while maintaining data flow rates within manageable limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Snell & Wilcox Limited
    Inventors: Martin Weston, Chris Owen, Simon Longcroft