Title : 
Accurate Machine-Learning-Based On-Chip Router Modeling
         
        
            Author : 
Jeong, Kwangok ; Kahng, Andrew B. ; Lin, Bill ; Samadi, Kambiz
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
As industry moves towards multicore chips, networks-on-chip (NoCs) are emerging as the scalable fabric for interconnecting the cores. With power now the first-order design constraint, early-stage estimation of NoC power, performance, and area has become crucially important. In this work, we develop accurate architecture-level on-chip router cost models using machine-learning-based regression techniques. Compared against existing models (e.g., ORION 2.0 and parametric models), our models reduce estimation error by up to 89% on average.
         
        
            Keywords : 
learning (artificial intelligence); multiprocessing systems; network routing; network-on-chip; regression analysis; first-order design constraint; machine-learning-based regression techniques; multicore chips; networks-on-chip; on-chip router modeling; Delay estimation; Fabrics; Frequency estimation; Integrated circuit interconnections; Microarchitecture; Network-on-a-chip; Parametric statistics; Power system modeling; Textile industry; Timing; Machine learning; nonparemetric regression; on-chip networks;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Embedded Systems Letters, IEEE
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/LES.2010.2051413