On-Chip Network Design Automation with Source Routing Switches  

作　　者：马立伟 孙义和 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Microelectronics, Tsinghua University

出　　处：《Tsinghua Science and Technology》2007年第1期77-85,共9页清华大学学报（自然科学版（英文版）

基　　金：the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60236020);the Specialized Research Fund for the Doc-toral Program of Higher Education (No. 20050003083)

摘　　要：Network-on-chip （NoC） is a new design paradigm for system-on-chip intraconnections in the billion-transistor era. Application specific on-chip network design is essential for NoC success in this new era. This paper presents a class of source routing switches that can be used to efficiently form arbitrary network topologies and that can be optimized for various applications. Hardware description language versions of the networks can be generated automatically for simulations and for syntheses. A series of switches and networks has been configured with their performances including latency, delay, area, and power, and ana- lyzed theoretically and experimentally. The results show that this NoC architecture provides a large design space for application specific on-chip network designs.Network-on-chip （NoC） is a new design paradigm for system-on-chip intraconnections in the billion-transistor era. Application specific on-chip network design is essential for NoC success in this new era. This paper presents a class of source routing switches that can be used to efficiently form arbitrary network topologies and that can be optimized for various applications. Hardware description language versions of the networks can be generated automatically for simulations and for syntheses. A series of switches and networks has been configured with their performances including latency, delay, area, and power, and ana- lyzed theoretically and experimentally. The results show that this NoC architecture provides a large design space for application specific on-chip network designs.

关 键 词：NETWORK-ON-CHIP SYSTEM-ON-CHIP source routing 

分 类 号：TN47[电子电信—微电子学与固体电子学] TN915.02