System and method for data synchronization for a computer architecture for broadband networks

A processing system for processing computing tasks, comprising:

• a first processor of a first processor type;
• and
• a plurality of second processors of a second processor type operatively connected to the first processor, a selected one of the second processors being configured to manage process scheduling of the computing tasks by assigning selected ones of the computing tasks to one or more of the first processor and the plurality of second processors;
• wherein the computing tasks comprise one or more software cells, each of the software cells comprising data to be processed and a cell identifier, and the selected second processor is configured to assign the computing tasks based upon the cell identifier;
• wherein each of the software cells further comprises a previous cell identifier relating to a group of software cells requiring sequential processing;
• and
• wherein the selected second processor is configured to identify from the previous cell identifier of a currently received software cell a particular second processor assigned to processing previously received software cells of the group of software cells and, on the basis of this identification, is also configured to assign the currently received software cell to the particular second processor.

A processing system for processing computing tasks, comprising:

• a first processor of a first processor type;
• and
• a plurality of second processors of a second processor type operatively connected to the first processor, a selected one of the second processors being configured to manage process scheduling of the computing tasks by assigning selected ones of the computing tasks to one or more of the first processor and the plurality of second processors;
• wherein the computing tasks comprise one or more software cells, each of the software cells comprising data to be processed and a cell identifier, and the selected second processor is configured to assign the computing tasks based upon the cell identifier;
• and
• wherein each of the software cells further comprises a previous cell identifier relating to a group of software cells requiring sequential processing;
• and
• wherein the software cells of the computing tasks comprise one or more data structures, each of the data structures comprising the data to be processed, and the selected second processor receives at least one of the data structures and assigns the at least one data structure in accordance with an attribute of the at least one data structure.

A method of processing computing tasks in a processing system, the processing system including a first processor of a first processor type and a plurality of second processors of a second processor type operatively connected to the first processor, the method comprising:

• receiving data at a selected one of the second processors;
• examining an identifier of the data to identify a data stream to which the data belongs;
• assembling the data into a software cell;
• examining a header of the software cell to determine whether the software cell contains a first data type, and if the software cell contains the first data type, examining the identifier includes identifying the data stream to which the software cell belongs;
• wherein the identifier comprises a previous cell identifier relating to a group of software cells requiring sequential processing;
• and
• using the selected second processor and the previous cell identifier to determine whether a previously processed software cell of the group was assigned to the particular second processor for processing.

A method of processing computing tasks in a processing system, the processing system including a first processor of a first processor type and a plurality of second processors of a second processor type operatively connected to the first processor, the method comprising:

• receiving data at a selected one of the second processors;
• and
• examining an identifier of the data to identify a data stream to which the data belongs;
• assembling the data into a software cell;
• examining a header of the software cell to determine whether the software cell contains a first data type, and if the software cell contains the first data type, examining the identifier includes identifying the data stream to which the software cell belongs;
• if the software cell does not contain the first data type, transferring the software cell from the selected second processor to a memory;
• issuing a command from the selected second processor to write at least a portion of the data of the software cell to a sandbox;
• reading the portion of the data of the software cell from the sandbox to a local memory of a chosen one of the second processors;
• and
• processing the portion of the data in the local memory.

A method of processing computing tasks in a processing system, the processing system including a first processor of a first processor type and a plurality of second processors of a second processor type operatively connected to the first processor, the method comprising:

• receiving data at a selected one of the second processors;
• examining an identifier of the data to identify a data stream to which the data belongs;
• assembling the data into a software cell;
• examining a header of the software cell to determine whether the software cell contains a first data type, and if the software cell contains the first data type, examining the identifier includes identifying the data stream to which the software cell belongs;
• issuing a command from the selected second processor to write at least a portion of the data of the software cell to a sandbox;
• reading the portion of the data of the software cell from the sandbox to a local memory of a chosen one of the second processors;
• processing the portion of the data in the local memory;
• and
• generating video data from the processed data.