MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES UTILIZING RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES TO ENABLE HIGHER SPEED APPLICATIONS WITH LOWERED POWER CONSUMPTION
Disclosed herein are mobile electronic devices utilizing reconfigurable processing techniques to enable higher speed applications with lowered power consumption for, inter alia, increased device battery life. The techniques disclosed herein enable greatly enhanced compression/decompression as well as encryption and decryption functionality to be provided in addition to overall greater processing capability particularly in those applications wherein minimization of power consumption is desired. Package-on-package and other assembly techniques may be used to provide the reconfigurable processor in a small footprint package.
1 . A mobile device comprising:
reconfigurable logic;
a memory system coupled to said reconfigurable logic; and
microprocessor logic also coupled to said memory device.
2 . The mobile device of claim 1 wherein said mobile device further comprises:
a battery coupled to provide operating power to said reconfigurable logic, said memory system and said microprocessor logic.
3 . The mobile device of claim 1 wherein said reconfigurable logic is operable with said microprocessor logic to provide at least one of a voice recognition, graphics rendering, encryption, decryption, I/O interface, image processing, audio and/or video compression and/or decompression or secondary microprocessor function.
4 . The mobile device of claim 1 further comprising:
a display coupled to said microprocessor logic.
5 . The mobile device of claim 1 further comprising:
a speaker coupled to said microprocessor logic.
6 . The mobile device of claim 1 further comprising:
an input device coupled to said microprocessor logic.
7 . The mobile device of claim 6 wherein said input device comprises at least one of a microphone, keypad and/or touch screen.
8 . The mobile device of claim 1 further comprising an antenna for reception and transmission of data to/from said mobile device.
9 . The mobile device of claim 1 wherein said mobile device comprises a cellular telephone.
10 . The mobile device of claim 1 wherein said mobile device is capable of functioning as at least one of a secure credit card, personal information and/or medical information repository and/or game device.
11 . The mobile device of claim 1 wherein said mobile device is capable of functioning as a vehicle ignition and/or access key.
12 . The mobile device of claim 1 wherein said reconfigurable logic, said memory system and said microprocessor logic comprise stacked die.
13 . The mobile device of claim 1 wherein said reconfigurable logic, said memory system and said microprocessor logic are in a package-on-package configuration.
14 . The mobile device of claim 1 wherein said reconfigurable logic, said memory system and said microprocessor logic are in a 2.5 D package configuration.
15 . The mobile device of claim 1 wherein said reconfigurable logic and said microprocessor logic are integrated on a single die.
16 . The mobile device of claim 1 wherein said reconfigurable logic instantiates a Java Virtual Machine.
17 . A mobile device comprising:
a direct execution logic block;
a dense logic device; and
a memory system coupled to said direct execution logic block and said dense logic device.
18 . The mobile device of claim 17 wherein said mobile device further comprises:
a battery coupled to provide operating power to said direct execution logic block, said dense logic device and said memory.
19 . The mobile device of claim 17 wherein said direct execution logic block is operable with said dense logic device to provide at least one of a voice recognition, graphics rendering, encryption, decryption, I/O interface, image processing, audio and/or video compression and/or decompression or secondary microprocessor function.
20 . The mobile device of claim 17 further comprising:
a display coupled to said dense logic device.
21 . The mobile device of claim 17 further comprising:
a speaker coupled to said dense logic device.
22 . The mobile device of claim 17 further comprising:
an input device coupled to said dense logic device.
23 . The mobile device of claim 22 wherein said input device comprises at least one of a microphone, keypad and/or touch screen.
24 . The mobile device of claim 17 further comprising an antenna for reception and transmission of data to/from said mobile device.
25 . The mobile device of claim 17 wherein said mobile device comprises a cellular telephone.
26 . The mobile device of claim 17 wherein said mobile device is capable of functioning as at least one of a secure credit card, personal information and/or medical information repository and/or game device.
27 . The mobile device of claim 17 wherein said mobile device is capable of functioning as a vehicle ignition and/or access key.
28 . The mobile device of claim 17 wherein said direct execution logic block, said memory system and said dense logic device comprise stacked die.
29 . The mobile device of claim 17 wherein said direct execution logic block, said memory system and said dense logic device are in a package-on-package configuration.
30 . The mobile device of claim 17 wherein said direct execution logic block, said memory system and said dense logic device are in a 2.5 D package configuration.
31 . The mobile device of claim 17 wherein said direct execution logic block and said dense logic device are integrated on a single die.
32 . The mobile device of claim 17 wherein said direct execution logic block instantiates a Java Virtual Machine.
33 . A mobile device comprising:
a programmable logic device;
a memory system coupled to said programmable logic device; and
microprocessor logic also coupled to said memory device.
34 . The mobile device of claim 33 wherein said mobile device further comprises:
a battery coupled to provide operating power to said programmable logic device, said memory system and said microprocessor logic.
35 . The mobile device of claim 33 wherein said programmable logic device is operable with said microprocessor logic to provide at least one of a voice recognition, graphics rendering, encryption, decryption, I/O interface, image processing, audio and/or video compression and/or decompression or secondary microprocessor function.
36 . The mobile device of claim 33 further comprising:
a display coupled to said microprocessor logic.
37 . The mobile device of claim 33 further comprising:
a speaker coupled to said microprocessor logic.
38 . The mobile device of claim 33 further comprising:
an input device coupled to said microprocessor logic.
39 . The mobile device of claim 38 wherein said input device comprises at least one of a microphone, keypad and/or touch screen.
40 . The mobile device of claim 33 further comprising an antenna for reception and transmission of data to/from said mobile device.
41 . The mobile device of claim 33 wherein said mobile device comprises a cellular telephone.
42 . The mobile device of claim 33 wherein said mobile device is capable of functioning as at least one of a secure credit card, personal information and/or medical information repository and/or game device.
43 . The mobile device of claim 33 wherein said mobile device is capable of functioning as a vehicle ignition and/or access key.
44 . The mobile device of claim 33 wherein said programmable logic device, said memory system and said microprocessor logic comprise stacked die.
45 . The mobile device of claim 33 wherein said programmable logic device, said memory system and said microprocessor logic are in a package-on-package configuration.
46 . The mobile device of claim 33 wherein said programmable logic device, said memory system and said microprocessor logic are in a 2.5 D package configuration.
47 . The mobile device of claim 33 wherein said programmable logic device and said microprocessor logic are integrated on a single die.
48 . The mobile device of claim 33 wherein said programmable logic device comprises an FPGA.
49 . The mobile device of claim 33 wherein said programmable logic device instantiates a Java Virtual Machine.
50 . A method for implementing a mobile device incorporating reconfigurable logic, said method comprising:
providing application code for said mobile device;
compiling said application code; and
generating code capable of implementation in said reconfigurable logic from said compiled application code.
51 . The method of claim 50 wherein said step of providing said application code comprises:
providing Java application code.
52 . The method of claim 51 wherein said steps of compiling and generating comprise the step of:
altering said Java application code for implementation in said reconfigurable logic.
53 . The method of claim 51 wherein said step of providing Java application code comprises:
providing said Java application code in byte code form.
54 . The method of claim 50 wherein said step of providing said application code comprises:
providing application Java byte code.
55 . The method of claim 54 wherein said steps of compiling and generating comprise the step of:
altering said application Java byte code for implementation in said reconfigurable logic.
56 . The method of claim 54 wherein said step of providing application Java byte code comprises:
providing application source code in any language reduced to Java byte code form.