Data processing system having multiple processors, a task scheduler for a data processing system having multiple processors and a corresponding method for task scheduling

摘要

The invention is based on the idea to provide distributed task scheduling in a data processing system having multiple processors. Therefore, a data processing system comprising a first and at least one second processor for processing a stream of data objects, wherein said first processor passes data objects from a stream of data objects to the second processor, and a communication network and a memory is provided. Said second processors are multi-tasking processors, capable of interleaved processing of a first and second task, wherein said first and second tasks process a first and second stream of data objects, respectively. Said data processing system further comprises a task scheduling means for each of said second processors, wherein said task scheduling means is operatively arranged between said second processor and said communication network, and controls the task scheduling of said second processor.