Reconfigurable streaming processor for security computations

A computing method, comprising:

• performing logical operations on operands using a streaming engine comprising an array of compute units (CUs);
• using an array of crossbar switches in communication with the CUs, forwarding outputs of one or more of the CUs in the array to inputs of one or more neighboring CUs in the array;
• using a configurable interconnect circuit, forwarding an output of at least one of the CUs to an input of at least one of the crossbar switches;
• and
• using a graph core, programming the streaming engine, the array of crossbar switches and the interconnect circuit to perform a security computation by (i) selectively configuring the CUs to perform a plurality of respective logical operations in a programmable order to define a flow of logical operations to be performed by the CUs that effects the security computation, and (ii) configuring the crossbar switches and the interconnect circuit to perform the logical operations by traversing the CUs according to the flow.