Abstract :
As microprocessors have become more complex, on-chip communications, traditionally handled by buses, have become a performance bottleneck. Chip makers are looking into network-on-chip systems to address this issue.
Keywords :
microprocessor chips; network-on-chip; buses; microprocessors; network-on-chip systems; on-chip communications; Circuit topology; Clocks; Costs; Delay; Engines; Integrated circuit interconnections; Microprocessors; Network topology; Network-on-a-chip; Transport protocols; bus technology; multicore chips; network-on-chip; routers; system-on-chip;