Method and device for processing data or signals with different synchronization sources

Processing device for processing data or signals from different synchronization sources, the processing device comprising

• an input interface, via which the data or signals can be input, and
• a computation unit, in which a respective time level is provided for each synchronization source,
• wherein a clock from each synchronization source is used as a respective independent source clock in each time level, and the data or signals assigned to each synchronization source can be handled synchronously with the respective independent source clock of each synchronization source in the associated time level of the computation unit, and
• wherein in the computation unit, two signals or data of different time levels can be combined with one another by importing the signals or data of a first time level into a second time level and combining the signals or data in said second time level;
• and, the signals or data of the first time level remain accessible from the first time level of the processing device via an output interface.

A method for processing data or signals, the method comprising:

• providing a first device, the first device including a first clock;
• providing a second device, the second device including a second clock;
• providing a processing device, the processing device including a first level and a second level;
• using the first clock as a source clock in the first level;
• using the second clock as a source clock in the second level;
• providing data or signals from the first device to the first level;
• handling, in the first level, the data or signals from the first device synchronously with the source clock of the first level and synchronously with the first clock;
• providing data or signals from the second device to the second level;
• handling, in the second level, the data or signals from the second device synchronously with the source clock of the second level and synchronously with the second clock;
• importing, from the first level to the second level, data or signals handled in the first level;
• and
• combining, in the second level, data or signals handled in the second level with the imported data or signals handled in the first level,
• wherein the first clock and the second clock are not temporally related to each other;
• the data or signals from the first device are synchronized with the first clock;
• the data or signals from the second device are synchronized with the second clock;
• and, after importing data or signals handled in the first level to the second level, the data or signals handled in the first level continue to exist in the first level of the processing device.