Safe and secure communication network message processing

A device, comprising:

• a memory component to provide a communication network message to a message processing component;
• the message processing component to process the communication network message, the message processing component including:
• an execution unit to execute a task associated with a communication network message,
• wherein the execution unit is configured to provide functional safety in association with executing the task,
• wherein the execution unit includes a set of partitions, a partition in the set of partitions being configured to execute the task, and
• wherein an amount of execution time dedicated to the partition is configurable in association with scaling performance of the task;
• an interface to a hardware accelerator available for use in association with the execution of the task,
• wherein the partition has access to the hardware accelerator during a configurable time slot.

An in-vehicle communication system, comprising:

• a message processing component including:
• an execution unit configured to execute a message evaluation task associated with one or more communication network messages and a cryptography task associated with the one or more communication network messages,
• wherein the execution unit provides functional safety in association with executing the message evaluation task and the cryptography task,
• wherein the execution unit includes a first partition associated with executing the message evaluation task, and a second partition associated with executing the cryptography task, and
• wherein the first and second partitions are time-multiplexed in association with executing the message evaluation task and the cryptography task;
• and
• an interface to one or more hardware accelerators associated with executing the message evaluation task or the cryptography task,
• wherein either the first partition or the second partition has access to the one or more hardware accelerators at a given time.