Computer chipsets, computer chips, semiconductor chips, and semiconductor devices for use in transmitting data to and from a central processing unit; microcomputers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, and programmable electronic computer hardware controllers for proactively retrieving tasks from a task pool populated by a central processing unit; Computer hardware and software for coordinating a plurality of co-processors configured to retrieve executable tasks from a CPU-generated task pool; Computer hardware and computer peripheral devices for high speed processing and storage of data using multiple CPUs; Computer hardware, namely, wireless network adaptors for communicating among multiple CPUs; Computer hardware and software for coordinating and sharing executable tasks among a plurality of computer processing devices; Computer hardware and firmware for coordinating and managing multiple co-processors; Computer software for automatically and remotely controlling the operation of multiple electronic devices connected to a global computer network; Computer hardware, software, and firmware for assisting computers in deploying parallel applications and deploying parallel computations; Computer processing units for processing information, data, sound, images, or video; Computer hardware, namely, co-processors and multi-core processing units; Chipsets for connecting multi-media home devices, home VoIP phones and digital cordless phone devices; Chipsets and computer hardware for connecting multiple electronic devices in a local area network; Chipsets and computer hardware for connecting multiple electronic devices in a home, aircraft or vehicular network; Programmable controllers and actuators for managing multiple electronic devices in a network; Computer hardware, namely, general and special purpose processors for sharing executable tasks in a network; Computer hardware, namely, co-processors for independently and collaboratively retrieving tasks from a task pool; computer processors for coordinating the interoperability of plug-and-play electronic devices in a network