System and method for accelerating web site access and processing utilizing a computer system incorporating reconfigurable processors operating under a single operating system image

An internet processing acceleration service comprising:

• a reconfigurable server coupled to said internet, said server comprising at least one microprocessor and at least one reconfigurable processor;
• and
• a single system image of an operating system controlling said at least one microprocessor and at least a portion of said at least one reconfigurable processors;
• said service instantiating N of said at least a portion of said at least one reconfigurable processors for substantially parallel processing of N data elements received by said server.

A process of accelerating access time of a remote computer to an internet site comprising:

• providing a reconfigurable server at said site incorporating at least one microprocessor and at least one reconfigurable processor;
• transmitting N data elements from said remote computer to said server;
• substantially concurrently processing said N data elements with N of said at least one reconfigurable processors;
• selecting a content of said internet site in response to said N data elements;
• and
• transmitting said content to said remote computer.