Methods and apparatus for accelerating data parsing

An integrated circuit for parsing Extensible Markup Language (XML) data, the integrated circuit comprising:

• memory;
• parsing circuitry configured to parse an element tag provided to the integrated circuit, wherein the parsing circuitry scans for characters associated with the element tag,
• wherein each of the characters is input into a first component and a second component of the parsing circuitry with a single access to the character,
• wherein the first component calculates a hash value for the input character, and the second component copies the input character to a first preallocated block of memory,
• wherein the scan for the characters by the parsing circuitry, the hash value calculation by the first component, and the copying by the second component occur in same clock cycles;
• and
• an interface for allowing communication between the parsing circuitry and the memory.