Processor cores using packet identifiers for routing and computation

A method, wherein each step is conducted by a processing core in a set of processing cores executing a complex computation, comprising:

• routing a set of packets using a router on the processing core and a set of packet identifiers, wherein the set of packet identifiers uniquely identify the packets in the set of packets across the set of processing cores;
• and
• executing a set of instructions using a processing pipeline on the processing core, wherein the set of instructions include a set of operand identifiers;
• wherein the set of operand identifiers are unambiguously mapped to an underlying set of application datums during execution of the complex computation;
• wherein the set of packet identifiers are unambiguously mapped to the underlying set of application datums during execution of the complex computation.

A method for compiling a directed graph for execution using a set of processing cores, comprising:

• parsing an application code definition of the directed graph, wherein the directed graph comprises directed graph data, and wherein the application code definition includes an underlying set of application datums;
• defining, based on the parsing, a set of packets to contain the directed graph data, wherein the set of packets are defined using a set of packet identifiers that uniquely identify each packet in the set of packets;
• and
• defining, based on the parsing, a set of processing core operational codes and a set of operand identifiers, to execute the directed graph;
• wherein the set of operand identifiers are unambiguously mapped to an underlying set of application datums;
• wherein the set of packet identifiers are unambiguously mapped to the underlying set of application datums.