Abstract: A parallel processing architecture includes a CPU, a task pool populated by the CPU, and a plurality of autonomous co-processing cells each having an agent configured to proactively interrogate the task pool to retrieve tasks appropriate for a particular so-processor. Each co-processor communicates with the task pool through a switching fabric, which facilitates connections for data transfer and arbitration between all system resources. Each so-processor notifies the task pool when a task or task thread is completed, whereupon the task pool notifies the CPU.

Abstract: A parallel processing architecture includes a CPU, a task pool populated by the CPU, and a plurality of autonomous co-processing cells each having an agent configured to proactively interrogate the task pool to retrieve tasks appropriate for a particular co-processor. Each co-processor communicates with the task pool through a switching fabric, which facilitates connections for data transfer and arbitration between all system resources. Each co-processor notifies the task pool when a task or task thread is completed, whereupon the task pool notifies the CPU.

Abstract: A parallel processing architecture includes a CPU, a task pool populated by the CPU, and a plurality of autonomous co-processing cells each having an agent configured to proactively interrogate the task pool to retrieve tasks appropriate for a particular co-processor. Each co-processor communicates with the task pool through a switching fabric, which facilitates connections for data transfer and arbitration between all system resources. Each co-processor notifies the task pool when a task or task thread is completed, whereupon the task pool notifies the CPU.

Abstract: A parallel processing architecture includes a CPU, a task pool populated by the CPU, and a plurality of autonomous co-processing cells each having an agent configured to proactively interrogate the task pool to retrieve tasks appropriate for a particular so-processor. Each co-processor communicates with the task pool through a switching fabric, which facilitates connections for data transfer and arbitration between all system resources. Each so-processor notifies the task pool when a task or task thread is completed, whereupon the task pool notifies the CPU.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing information in parallel uses autonomous computer processing cells to perform tasks needed by a central processing unit. Each cell in the system is connected through a switching fabric, which facilitates connections for data transfer and arbitration between all system resources. A cell has an agent, which is a software module that may be transferred through the switching fabric to a task pool containing the tasks. The agent searches within the task pool for available tasks that match the cell's instruction type. A task may be broken into threads that are to be executed sequentially or independently depending on recipes constructed by the central processing unit. Interdependent tasks within the task pool may be logically combined as needed by the recipe. A notification is sent from the task pool to the central processing unit when a task or task thread is completed.