Hardware Autoloader

A method implemented in an integrated circuit having a plurality of processors, the method comprising:

• storing executable boot instructions in a hardware module of the integrated circuit;
• configuring, at runtime by software, processing circuitry of the hardware module to cause the executable boot instructions to be dispatched over an interconnect of the integrated circuit to a first processor of the plurality of processors;
• executing the executable boot instructions, by the first processor, to cause a read request to be issued to a memory external to the integrated circuit to fetch executable application instructions;
• and
• executing the executable application instructions to perform operations using application data.

A non-transitory computer readable storing a computer program comprising computer executable instructions which when executed by processing circuitry of a hardware module of an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of processors causes a method to be carried out, the method comprising:

• storing a set of executable boot instructions in a hardware module of the integrated circuit;
• configuring, at runtime by software, processing circuitry of the hardware module to cause the set of executable boot instructions to be dispatched over an interconnect of the integrated circuit to a first processor of the plurality of processors;
• executing the set of executable boot instructions to cause a read request to be issued to a memory external to the integrated circuit to fetch executable application instructions;
• and
• executing the executable application instructions to perform operations using application data.