Title :
Mesh-star Hybrid NoC architecture with CDMA switch
Author :
Lee, Woojoon ; Sobelman, Gerald E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
The network-on-chip (NoC) concept has been proposed to replace conventional bus-based system architectures to create scalable and flexible future SoC designs. A 2D-mesh topology is one of the most frequently mentioned topologies for an NoC design due to its natural layout mapping onto an SoC. However, the 2D-mesh topology NoC has a hot-spot problem at the center of the network and presents difficulties in multicasting. In this paper, we propose a novel multicastable CDMA switch and an efficient mesh-star hybrid topology. This approach leads to reduced traffic at the center of the network and better performance with multicasting. Our switch has been synthesized using a 0.13 mum CMOS technology library.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; code division multiple access; multicast communication; network-on-chip; telecommunication network topology; telecommunication switching; 2D-mesh topology; CMOS technology library; SoC design; code division multiple access; mesh-star hybrid NoC architecture; multicastable CDMA switch; network-on-chip; system-on-chip; CMOS technology; Computer architecture; Mesh networks; Multiaccess communication; Network topology; Network-on-a-chip; Routing; Switches; System recovery; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2009. ISCAS 2009. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3827-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3828-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2009.5118014
