Multithreaded Programmable Direct Memory Access Engine

A computer program product comprising a computer recordable medium having a computer readable program recorded thereon, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:

• receive, from a host processor, a plurality of programs in either a local storage or a memory associated with a direct memory access engine;
• receive a request, from the host processor, to execute the plurality of programs located in either the local storage or the memory using a set of parameters;
• execute, without intervention by a host processor, two or more of the plurality of programs;
• and
• as each of the two or more of the plurality of programs completes execution, send a completion notification to the host processor that indicates that the program has completed execution.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a direct memory access engine;
• a local storage coupled to the direct memory access engine;
• and
• a memory coupled to the direct memory access engine, wherein either the local storage or the memory receives, from a host processor, a program that comprises instructions which, when executed by the direct memory access engine, cause the direct memory access engine to:
• receive a request, from the host processor, to execute the plurality of programs located in either the local storage or the memory using a set of parameters;
• execute, without intervention by a host processor, two or more of the plurality of programs;
• and
• as each of the two or more of the plurality of programs completes execution, send a completion notification to the host processor that indicates that the program has completed execution.