== NUM_PTS 1000 ==

board avg_ser avg_deser
intel i5 0.000011 0.000025
arm1176jzf-s 0.001328 0.003354

Ok, so serialization is definitely much slower, but with the latency test you're using it shouldn't affect anything. Good to know though.

== Latency Results ==

IPC NoTCP Bypass
intel i5 : 0.4ms 0.10ms 0.05ms
arm1176jzf-s : 25.0ms 4.50ms 3.50ms

====== Raw Socket Tests ======

Tests the latencies of sending a single char from server to client,
written using simple posix socket code.

intel i5 : 0.1ms
arm1176jzf-s : 1.4ms

Do you have any way of profiling exactly what's taking time, either with gprof, google perf tools, or something else?

Josh