Patent ID: 7380100
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A data processing system, comprising: a plurality of processing units; first data transfer circuits for connecting the plurality of processing units in a network, exchanging first data, and configuring at least one reconfigurable data flow by connecting at least two of the plurality of processing units; second data transfer circuits that are different from the first data transfer circuits for supplying, independently of the first data transfer circuits, second data to each of the plurality of processing units in parallel from a control apparatus; and third data transfer circuits that are different from the first and second data transfer circuits, for supplying, independently of the first and second data transfer circuits, setting data to each of the plurality of processing units individually from a network setting memory, the setting data being data for setting a data flow, corresponding to a function, by changing a set of connections between processing units of the plurality of processing units connected with the first data transfer circuits, or by changing a process included in the processing units, wherein the network setting memory stores sets of setting data and identification information for each of the plurality of processing units, the identification information identifying the processing units connected by the first data transfer circuits for configuring a particular data flow, the third data transfer circuits supplying the identification information together with the setting data, wherein the control apparatus issues control information with the identification information as the second data for controlling operation of the processing units, and wherein each of the plurality of processing units includes a control unit that operates based on the second data, wherein the second data is selected based on the identification information supplied via the third data transfer circuits.