Program Transfer and Initialization for Multi-Core Dataflow Acceleration

A computer system for program initialization and transfer in a multi-core dataflow accelerator, comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage devices;
• and
• computer program instructions, the computer program instructions being stored on the one or more computer readable storage devices for execution by the one or more computer processors to perform one or more operations to:
• generate a base program comprising a number of instructions;
• multicast the base program to a number of computing cores in the multi-core dataflow accelerator, wherein the based program is stored in local memory units of the computing cores;
• and
• apply a number of patches to a subset of the computing cores, wherein the patches change one or more instructions in the base program that differ from program requirements in the subset of the computing cores, and wherein the patches are multicast to computing cores within the subset that require a same patch.

A computer program product for program initialization and transfer in a multi-core dataflow accelerator, the computer program product comprising:

• a persistent storage medium having program instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:
• generate a base program comprising a number of instructions;
• multicast the base program to a number of computing cores in the multi-core dataflow accelerator, wherein the based program is stored in local memory units of the computing cores;
• and
• apply a number of patches to a subset of the computing cores, wherein the patches change one or more instructions in the base program that differ from program requirements in the subset of the computing cores, and wherein the patches are multicast to computing cores within the subset that require a same patch.