Method and system for managing a plurality of I/O interfaces with an array of multicore processor resources in a semiconductor chip

A method for managing a plurality of I/O interfaces with an array of multicore processor resources in a semiconductor chip, wherein the plurality of I/O interfaces use at least one I/O protocol, the method comprising the steps of:

• a. initializing the array of multicore processor resources using one of the multicore processor resources, the array of multicore processor resources being programmable to identify a command present in a dataframe;
• b. receiving the dataframe from one of the plurality of I/O interfaces, wherein the dataframe includes a header and data;
• c. identifying an I/O protocol corresponding to the received dataframe to identify the command present in the received dataframe, wherein the command includes a set of tasks to be executed on the data;
• and
• d. executing the identified command on the data.

A method for managing a plurality of I/O interfaces with an array of multicore processor resources in a semiconductor chip, wherein the plurality of I/O interfaces use at least one I/O protocol, the method comprising the steps of:

• a. receiving a dataframe from one of the plurality of I/O interfaces, wherein the dataframe includes a header and data;
• b. receiving a command from a processor resource from the array of multicore processor resources, wherein the command includes a set of tasks to be executed on the data;
• and
• c. executing the received command on the data.

A system for managing a plurality of I/O interfaces with an array of multicore processor resources in a semiconductor chip, wherein the plurality of I/O interfaces use at least one I/O protocol, the system comprising:

• a. a media-access control layer, the media-access control layer receiving a dataframe from one of the plurality of I/O interfaces, wherein the dataframe includes a header and data;
• b. a transfer-rate controlling module, the transfer-rate controlling module controlling the transfer-rate of receiving the dataframe;
• c. a generic-command identifying module, the generic-command identifying module identifying a command present in the received dataframe, wherein the command includes a set of tasks to be executed on the data;
• and
• d. an executing module, the executing module executing the identified command on the data.

A computer program product for use with a computer, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein for managing a plurality of I/O interfaces with an array of multicore processor resources in a semiconductor chip, wherein the plurality of I/O interfaces use at least one I/O protocol, the computer program product performing:

• a. receiving a dataframe from one of the plurality of I/O interfaces, wherein the dataframe includes a header and data;
• b. identifying an I/O protocol corresponding to the received dataframe to identify a command present in the received dataframe, wherein the command includes a set of tasks to be executed on the data;
• and
• c. executing the identified command on the data.