Patent ID: 8880866

Claim:
A method for disabling communication in a multiprocessor fabric, the method comprising: receiving a configuration for the multiprocessor fabric, wherein the multiprocessor fabric comprises a plurality of processors and a plurality of communication elements, wherein each of the plurality of communication elements comprises a memory, wherein the configuration specifies disabling of communication paths between one or more of: one or more processors and one or more communication elements; one or more processors and one or more other processors; or one or more communication elements and one or more other communication elements; wherein the configuration further specifies disabling of communication between a first portion of the multiprocessor fabric and a second portion of the multiprocessor fabric, wherein during operation, the first portion is isolated from the second portion; automatically configuring in hardware the multiprocessor fabric to disable the communication paths specified by the configuration, wherein after said automatically configuring, the disabled communication paths are not restorable via software; operating the multiprocessor fabric to execute a software application, wherein the multiprocessor fabric operates according to the configuration.