The present disclosure is drawn to, among other things, a configuration bit including at least four resistive elements and a voltage amplifier. At least two first resistive elements may be electrically connected in series via a first electrode and at least two second resistive elements may be electrically connected in series via a second electrode. The at least two first resistive elements may be electrically connected in parallel to the at least two second resistive elements via a third electrode and a fourth electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode may be electrically connected to a voltage supply. The third electrode and the fourth electrode may be electrically connected to an input of the voltage amplifier.

The present disclosure is drawn to, among other things, a configuration bit including at least four resistive elements and a voltage amplifier. At least two first resistive elements may be electrically connected in series via a first electrode and at least two second resistive elements may be electrically connected in series via a second electrode. The at least two first resistive elements may be electrically connected in parallel to the at least two second resistive elements via a third electrode and a fourth electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode may be electrically connected to a voltage supply. The third electrode and the fourth electrode may be electrically connected to an input of the voltage amplifier.

An integrated circuit includes a programmable logic array. The programmable logic array incudes a plurality of logic elements arranged in rows and columns. Each logic element includes a direct output and a synchronized output. The direct output of each logic element is coupled to all other logic elements of higher rank, but is not coupled to logic elements of lower rank.

An integrated circuit includes a programmable logic array. The programmable logic array incudes a plurality of logic elements arranged in rows and columns. Each logic element includes a direct output and a synchronized output. The direct output of each logic element is coupled to all other logic elements of higher rank, but is not coupled to logic elements of lower rank.

An example programmable device includes a configuration memory configured to store configuration data; a programmable logic having a configurable functionality based on the configuration data in the configuration memory; a signal conversion circuit; a digital processing circuit; an endpoint circuit coupled to the signal conversion circuit through the digital processing circuit; wherein the digital processing circuit includes a first one or more digital processing functions implemented as hardened circuits each having a predetermined functionality, and a second one or more processing functions implemented by the configurable functionality of the programmable logic.

An example programmable device includes a configuration memory configured to store configuration data; a programmable logic having a configurable functionality based on the configuration data in the configuration memory; a signal conversion circuit; a digital processing circuit; an endpoint circuit coupled to the signal conversion circuit through the digital processing circuit; wherein the digital processing circuit includes a first one or more digital processing functions implemented as hardened circuits each having a predetermined functionality, and a second one or more processing functions implemented by the configurable functionality of the programmable logic.

An example programmable device includes a configuration memory configured to store configuration data; a programmable logic having a configurable functionality based on the configuration data in the configuration memory; a signal conversion circuit; a digital processing circuit; an endpoint circuit coupled to the signal conversion circuit through the digital processing circuit; wherein the digital processing circuit includes a first one or more digital processing functions implemented as hardened circuits each having a predetermined functionality, and a second one or more processing functions implemented by the configurable functionality of the programmable logic.

An integrated circuit including configurable multiplier-accumulator circuitry, wherein, during processing operations, a plurality of the multiplier-accumulator circuits are serially connected into pipelines to perform concatenated multiply and accumulate operations. The integrated circuit includes a first memory and a second memory, and a switch interconnect network, including configurable multiplexers arranged in a plurality of switch matrices. The first and second memories are configurable as either a dedicated read memory or a dedicated write memory and connected to a given pipeline, via the switch interconnect network, during a processing operation performed thereby; wherein, during a first processing operations, the first memory is dedicated to write data to a first pipeline and the second memory is dedicated to read data therefrom and, during a second processing operation, the first memory is dedicated to read data from a second pipeline and the second memory is dedicated to write data thereto.

An integrated circuit including configurable multiplier-accumulator circuitry, wherein, during processing operations, a plurality of the multiplier-accumulator circuits are serially connected into pipelines to perform concatenated multiply and accumulate operations. The integrated circuit includes a first memory and a second memory, and a switch interconnect network, including configurable multiplexers arranged in a plurality of switch matrices. The first and second memories are configurable as either a dedicated read memory or a dedicated write memory and connected to a given pipeline, via the switch interconnect network, during a processing operation performed thereby; wherein, during a first processing operations, the first memory is dedicated to write data to a first pipeline and the second memory is dedicated to read data therefrom and, during a second processing operation, the first memory is dedicated to read data from a second pipeline and the second memory is dedicated to write data thereto.

An adder is implemented in a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The adder has a first ripple carry adder block, for least significant bits of the adder. The adder has a plurality of carry skip adder blocks of differing block sizes. Each block size relates to bit-width of input to a block. The carry skip adder blocks of differing block sizes are for a plurality of bits of the adder. The adder has a second ripple carry adder block, for most significant bits of the adder.