ftNoC: A New Architecture of Network on Chip with Fault-Tolerance

Author

Zhang, Liguo ; Du, Huimin ; Han, Jungang

Author_Institution

Microelectron. Sch., XIDIAN Univ., Xi´´an

Volume

1

fYear

2008

fDate

3-4 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

193

Lastpage

197

Abstract

The paper presents a hierarchical fault-tolerance ring NoC topology, namely ftNoC, in which links are divided into two groups of rings. One group ring is used for fault-tolerance in case of the other group ring fails. Each group rings contains a control-ring and a data-ring. Control-ring propagates information of routing, link error and error control of all nodes by using packet switching and data-ring exchanges data by circuit switching. ftNoC adopts time division multiplexing and priority mechanism to implement space division multiplexing of bandwidth and fair routing. Simulation results show that the architecture can avoid traffic congestion, deadlock and hungry and ensure use of bandwidth effectively. Simulation results coincident with the theory analysis.

Keywords

circuit switching; network topology; network-on-chip; packet switching; space division multiplexing; circuit switching; control ring; data ring; data-ring exchanges data; error control; hierarchical fault-tolerance ring network on chip topology; packet switching; priority mechanism; space division multiplexing; time division multiplexing; traffic congestion; Bandwidth; Circuit simulation; Error correction; Fault tolerance; Network topology; Network-on-a-chip; Packet switching; Routing; Switching circuits; Time division multiplexing; Fault-tolerance; Network on Chip; Pipeline; Ring; Space Division Multiplexing; Time-Division Multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing, Communication, Control, and Management, 2008. CCCM '08. ISECS International Colloquium on

Conference_Location

Guangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3290-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCCM.2008.183

Filename

4609498