Parallel programming models for a multi-processor SoC platform applied to high-speed traffic management

We describe the MultiFlex multi-processor SoC programming environment, with the focus on two programming models: a distributed system object component (DSOC) message passing model, and a symmetrical multi-processing (SMP) model using shared memory. The MultiFlex tools map these models onto the StepNP multi-processor SoC platform, while making use of hardware accelerators for message passing and task scheduling. We present the results of mapping an Internet traffic management application, running at 2.5 Gb/s.