US Patent Issued to TOSHIBA TEC on Nov. 18 for "Electronic circuit that renders a changed FPGA usable without changing firmware" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,077, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).

"Electronic circuit that renders a changed FPGA usable without changing firmware" was invented by Zhichao Zheng (Sunto Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electronic circuit that makes a changed FPGA usable without changing firmware. The electronic circuit includes: a processor; a first field-programmable gate array (FPGA); a first generation circuit; and a second generation circuit. The first FPGA executes configuration according to first bitstream data before the processor is activated. The first generation circuit outputs a first reset sign...