Systems and methods for moving data between a storage device and a processing element

A storage device comprising:

• a non-volatile storage medium;
• a memory;
• a first interface for communicating with a computing device, wherein the first interface is associated with a first interface protocol;
• a second interface for communicating with a processing element over a data communications network, wherein the second interface is associated with a second interface protocol different from the first interface protocol, wherein the second interface is for accessing a network of processing elements including the processing element;
• and
• a processing circuit coupled to the first interface, the second interface, the non-volatile storage medium, and the memory, the processing circuit being configured to:
• receive a first request from the computing device via the first interface, the first request identifying a memory address associated with the memory;
• retrieve data from the non-volatile storage medium based on the first request, and store the data in the memory identified by the memory address;
• receive a second request from the processing element over the second interface, the second request identifying the memory address storing the data;
• and
• based on the second request, retrieve the data from the memory and transmit the data to the processing element over the data communications network.

A method comprising:

• receiving a first request from a computing device via a first interface of a storage device, the first interface being associated with a first interface protocol, the first request identifying a first memory address associated with a first memory of a processing element;
• retrieving first data from a non-volatile storage medium of the storage device based on the first request;
• and
• transmitting the first data to the processing element via a second interface of the storage device, for storing the first data in the first memory based on determining that a condition associated with the first memory address indicates that the first memory address is in an address space associated with the processing element, wherein the second interface is associated with a second interface protocol different from the first interface protocol, wherein the second interface is for accessing a network of processing elements including the processing element.