ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,223,322, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Microchip Technology Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).
"Embedded processor supporting fixed-function kernels" was invented by Aaron Severance (Pender Island, Canada), Jonathan W. Greene (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Joel Vandergriendt (Maple Ridge, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for embedding a microprocessor in a programmable logic device (PLD), where the microprocessor has a logic unit that can operate in two modes. A first mode is a general purpose mode running at least one general purpose process related to the PLD, and a second mode is a fixed function mode emulating a fixed ...