Parallel information processing on multi-core computing platforms

A parallel-processing computer system for parallel processing of data packets conveyed in a communication network, comprising:

• a memory;
• a plurality of processing elements;
• and
• at least one program stored at the memory and configured to be executed by the plurality of processing elements, and wherein the at least one program comprises instructions for:
• at run-time, while an application is being executed,
• receiving one or more data packets comprising operational instructions from the application;
• establishing a CPU-based pipeline element for carrying out a service process, wherein said service process is carried out by chaining functions executed by a same processing element, and wherein said CPU-based pipeline element comprises a plurality of sub-pipelines, each associated with a respective task or a part thereof required for carrying out said service process, wherein each of the plurality of processing elements is operative to carry out one or more tasks associated with a respective sub-pipeline belonging to the plurality of sub-pipelines included in said CPU-based pipeline element, and wherein the one or more tasks associated with all sub-pipelines that belong to that plurality of sub-pipelines, are carried out by a single CPU;
• executing simultaneously by the plurality of processing elements, tasks that are associated with the plurality of sub-pipelines, wherein said plurality of processing elements is implementing a parallel processing of each data packet, for carrying out the service process, and
• wherein said parallel-processing computer system, further comprising a processor configured to determine a flow of objects between queues in accordance with their timers, while a plurality of threads is used to update the objects' last accessed times.