A job parallel processing system for a service network

摘要

The invention generally relates to a processor developed for a service network that provides various services to a plurality of users connected to the network. The processor (30; 50) comprises a job queue (52) with a number of storage positions for storing job signals corresponding to jobs that form part of substantially independent services requested by the users of the network, and a plurality of parallel processing units (54) which independently process job signals from different storage positions of the job queue (52) to execute corresponding jobs in parallel. As a number of jobs are executed speculatively, a unit (56) for checking for possible dependencies between the executed jobs is incorporated into the processor. If a dependency is detected for a speculative job, that job is flushed. To ensure prompt and proper service for the users of the service network, flushed jobs are quickly restarted directly from the job queue.