Apparatus and method for processing pipelined data

The invention relates to a processing means (3) for processing pipelined data, comprising a storage means and at least one logic unit (11) for executing operations on a block (4) of data. The storage means comprises an instruction table (12a) comprising at least one instruction, and the at least one logic unit (11) is in at least one pipelined processing stage adapted to receive the block (4) and a first instruction (13a) of the at least one instruction and execute the first instruction (13a). The invention also relates to a method for processing pipelined data, a module (1) for processing pipelined data, an integrated circuit (15), a circuit board assembly (16), a computer unit (22) and a pipelined processing system.