Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for offloading data processing. An offload task hosted on a first data processing system provides internal functionality substantially equivalent to that of a second task 304 hosted on a second data processing system of a potentially different architecture. A proxy task hosted on the second data processing system provides an external interface substantially equivalent to that of the second task. A communication mechanism between the first and second data processing systems may be comprised of a network, shared storage, and shared memory. The proxy task substantially replaces the second task, delegating the internal functionality of the second task to the offload task via mapping of arguments and accessing and translating of input and output data as required.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for offloading data processing. An offload task hosted on a first data processing system provides internal functionality substantially equivalent to that of a second task 304 hosted on a second data processing system of a potentially different architecture. A proxy task hosted on the second data processing system provides an external interface substantially equivalent to that of the second task. A communication mechanism between the first and second data processing systems may be comprised of a network, shared storage, and shared memory. The proxy task substantially replaces the second task, delegating the internal functionality of the second task to the offload task via mapping of arguments and accessing and translating of input and output data as required.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for offloading data processing. An offload task 306 hosted on a first data processing system 300-1 provides internal functionality substantially equivalent to that of a second task 304 hosted on a second data processing system 300-2 of a potentially different architecture. A proxy task 308 hosted on the second data processing system 300-2 provides an external interface substantially equivalent to that of the second task 304. A communication mechanism 322 between the first and second data processing systems 300 may be comprised of a network 424, shared storage 422, and shared memory 426. The proxy task 308 substantially replaces the second task 304, delegating the internal functionality of the second task 304 to the offload task 306 via mapping 506 of arguments and accessing 514 and 714 and translating 518 and 710 of input 510 and output 706 data as required.