Acceleration-ready program development and deployment for computer systems and hardware acceleration

A method, comprising:

• executing, using computer hardware, a computer program built using one or more functions of a software library;
• wherein the one or more functions of the software library are associated with one or more hardware accelerated functions of a hardware library, wherein the hardware accelerated functions are functionally equivalent to corresponding ones of the one or more functions of the software library;
• during execution of the computer program, comparing, using the computer hardware, acceleration criteria relating to the computer hardware and the functions of the computer program with acceleration rules;
• and
• initiating execution of a selected function of the computer program using a processor of the computer hardware or invoking a selected hardware accelerated function of the hardware library that is functionally equivalent to the selected function based on the comparing;
• wherein the comparing includes, in response to determining that the selected function has a compute identifier, determining whether the selected hardware accelerated function has a compute identifier matching the compute identifier of the selected function and determining an amount of time required to load the selected hardware accelerated function in a hardware accelerator.

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors configured to implement operations including:
• executing a computer program built using one or more functions of a software library;
• wherein the one or more functions of the software library are associated with one or more hardware accelerated functions of a hardware library, wherein the hardware accelerated functions are functionally equivalent to corresponding ones of the one or more functions of the software library;
• during execution of the computer program, comparing acceleration criteria relating to computer hardware of the system and the functions of the computer program with acceleration rules;
• and
• executing a selected function of the computer program using the one or more processors or invoking a selected hardware accelerated function of the hardware library that is functionally equivalent to the selected function based on the comparing;
• wherein the comparing includes determining that the selected function has a compute identifier, determining that the selected hardware accelerated function has a compute identifier matching the compute identifier of the selected function, and determining an amount of time required to load the selected hardware accelerated function in a hardware accelerator.