Object oriented on-chip messaging

A method for operating on data in a system, wherein the system comprises a plurality of processing modules and one or more routing nodes, wherein each of the plurality of processing modules are operable to operate on objects including a data portion, a method portion including one or more methods which are executable to perform operations on the data, and a processing list which lists one or more of said methods which are to be executed on said data;

• the method comprising:
• generating a first object;
• routing said first object through one or more of said communication nodes to a destination processing node;
• the destination processing module receiving said object;
• the destination processing module examining said processing list to determine which of said methods are to be executed;
• and
• the destination processing module executing one or more of said methods according to said processing list to perform operations on said data in response thereto.

A system for operating on data in a communication system, the system comprising:

• a communication network for routing objects that include data and a tag;
• a plurality of processing modules for processing said data included in said objects, wherein each of the processing modules includes a respective processing memory for storing said objects, wherein said plurality of processing modules are linked through said communication network;
• a plurality of routing nodes which are operable to route said objects between different ones of the plurality of processing modules through said communication network, wherein each of the routing nodes includes a respective routing memory for storing memory objects, wherein each of the routing nodes are operable to route said objects throughout the system, wherein said objects include stored objects stored in various ones of the respective processing memories and the respective routing memories;
• a plurality of said stored objects, wherein each of said plurality of said stored objects further includes one or more methods that are executable to perform operations on the data, and a processing list that lists one or more of said one or more methods to be executed on said data;
• wherein each of the plurality of processing nodes are operable to execute one or more of said objects to examine said processing list and execute one or more methods identified by said processing list to perform corresponding operations on the data.