Hardware defined anything in a platform with swappable pods, message interface, sandboxes and memory superposition

A method for data flow processing in a platform, comprising:

• configuring a plurality of swappable pods or cards in one or more chassis, coupled through a messaging interface network, to implement a data flow processing architecture;
• configuring user-definable hardware modules or user-definable software modules in each of one or more of the plurality of swappable pods or cards;
• communicating a data flow in accordance with the implemented data flow processing architecture among one or more hardware modules or one or more software modules in each of the plurality of swappable pods or cards, including the user-definable hardware modules or user-definable software modules;
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• selecting a memory superposition in at least one of the plurality of swappable pods or cards having a plurality of types of memory with selectable arrangement of the plurality of types of memory as multilevel cache, interleaved memory, swapped memory over a specified address range, and memory allocated to specified address ranges according to parameterized task needs.

A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions thereupon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

• configuring a plurality of swappable pods or cards in one or more chassis, coupled through a messaging interface network, to implement a data flow processing architecture;
• configuring user-definable hardware modules or user-definable software modules in each of one or more of the plurality of swappable pods or cards;
• communicating a data flow in accordance with the implemented data flow processing architecture among one or more hardware modules or one or more software modules in each of the plurality of swappable pods or cards, including the user-definable hardware modules or user-definable software modules;
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• communicating the data flow through the messaging interface network, comprising a network coupled to the plurality of swappable pods or cards and supporting messaging-based communication using packets each having a header with a chassis identifier, a board identifier, a module identifier, an instance identifier, and a type identifier, so that each type of module, each instance of a type of module, and each module on each board in each chassis can be addressed through the header.