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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2013
David Follett, Boxborough, MA (US);
Pamela L. Follett, Boxborough, MA (US);
David Follett, Boxborough, MA (US);
Pamela L. Follett, Boxborough, MA (US);
Lewis Rhodes Labs, Inc., Concord, MA (US);
Abstract
A data stream processing unit (DPU) and method for use are provided. A DPU includes a number of processing elements arranged in a sequence, and each datum in the data stream visits each processing element in sequence. Each processing element has a memory circuit, data and metadata input and output channels, and a computing circuit. The metadata input represents a partial computational state that is associated with each datum as it passes through the DPU. The computing circuit for each processing element operates on the data and metadata inputs as a function of its position in the sequence, producing an altered partial computational state that accompanies the datum. Each computing circuit may be modeled, for example, as a finite state machine, and the collection of processing elements cooperate to perform the computation. The computing circuits may be collectively programmed to perform any desired computation.