Title :
Early performance estimation in wormhole-switched Networks-on-Chip
Author :
Dumitriu, Victor ; Khan, Gul N.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ryerson Univ., Toronto, ON
Abstract :
This paper presents a network-on-chip transaction simulator with the aim of providing early performance estimation for a given application. The simulator is an example of communication centric simulation and requires reduced characterization of a given system to provide performance results. It incorporates spatial access patterns and device response speeds to accommodate a wide range of embedded system instances, as well as accurate behavioral modeling of transaction types for on-chip components. To demonstrate the performance estimation capabilities of the simulator, an MPEG-4 decoder is modeled and various performance results are obtained.
Keywords :
circuit simulation; embedded systems; network-on-chip; video coding; MPEG-4 decoder; behavioral modeling; communication centric simulation; embedded system; network-on-chip transaction simulator; system-on-chip; wormhole-switched network-on-chip; Analytical models; Bandwidth; Computational modeling; Embedded system; Master-slave; Network topology; Network-on-a-chip; Routing; System-on-a-chip; Throughput; Networks on Chip; Simulation; Systems on Chip;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2008. CCECE 2008. Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Niagara Falls, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1642-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0840-7789
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2008.4564530
