Title :
Efficient 2DMesh Network on Chip (NoC) Considering GALS Approach
Author :
Rahman, Mohammed Anis Ur ; Ahmed, Imtiaj ; Rodriguez, Fernando ; Islam, Naimul
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
State of the art VLSI systems are characterised by their small, deca-nano feature size. In order to accommodate the complexity and scalability, a new design paradigm, system on chip (SoC) has been introduced. Performance and power of giga-scale SoC is ever more communication-dominated. However typical SoC communication infrastructure is based in standard buses and protocols which are difficult to scale to large systems. To solve this problem the Network on Chip (NoC) design paradigm has been introduced, where nodes communicate by exchanging packets through an interconnection network, which consists of routers and networks interfaces. The routers provide reliable data transfer. The network interfaces implement, via connections, high level services, such as transaction ordering, throughput and latency guarantees, and end-to-end flow control. In this research a 2D mesh node communication architecture of NoC is designed and simulated applying the GALS approach. A set of algorithms are also provided for these purpose.
Keywords :
VLSI; integrated circuit interconnections; logic design; mesh generation; network interfaces; network routing; network-on-chip; 2D mesh node communication architecture; GALS approach; SoC communication infrastructure; VLSI systems; complexity; data transfer; end-to-end flow control; exchanging packets; high-level services; interconnection network; network interfaces; network-on-chip; protocols; routers; scalability; standard buses; system-on-chip; transaction ordering; Communication standards; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Network interfaces; Network-on-a-chip; Protocols; Scalability; System-on-a-chip; Telecommunication network reliability; Throughput; Very large scale integration; GALS; NoC; RTU; SoC; VHDL;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Sciences and Convergence Information Technology, 2009. ICCIT '09. Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5244-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3896-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCIT.2009.303