A scalable processing system includes a memory device having a plurality of executable
program instructions, wherein each of the executable program instructions includes
a timetag data field indicative of the nominal sequential order of the associated
executable program instructions. The system also includes a plurality of processing
elements, which are configured and arranged to recieve executable program instructions
from the memory device, wherein each of the processing elements executes executable
instructions having the highest priority as indicated by the state of the timetag
data field.