System for pipelined processing

1. A system for pipelined processing comprising:

a processor module implementing a method for extracting a plurality of components from an input bit stream by extracting a predetermined n-bits at a time from the input bit stream and analyzing the n-bits for components;

a central processing unit having at least two pipelines for receiving the components of the input bit stream for processing purposes; and

a pipe analyzer coupled between the processor module and the central processing unit implementing a method for analyzing the components of the input bit stream and directing each of the components into a suitable pipeline of the central processing unit based on the analysis, the pipe analyzer utilizing a look-up table having a plurality of associated parallel processing code segments.

2. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein at least one of the processor module and the pipe analyzer comprises hardware.

3. The system as set forth in claim 2 wherein said hardware is a part of said central processing unit.

4. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the method of said processor module and the method of said pipe analyzer are implemented in software.

5. The system as set forth in claim 4 wherein said software is executed by a computer system.

6. The system as set forth in claim 5 wherein the computer system includes memory in which program instructions comprising software may be at least temporarily stored.

7. A computer implemented process including code segments stored in digital memory of a computer for managing input data for parallel processing comprising:

code segments for extracting a plurality of components from an input bit stream; and

code segments for analyzing the components of the input bit stream using a look-up table and assigning each component a suitable pipeline for parallel processing;

wherein said look-up table includes a plurality of associated parallel processing code segments.