Analytical modelling of communication in the rectangular mesh NoC

Author

Moadeli, M. ; Shahrabi, A. ; Vanderbauwhede, W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Glasgow Univ., Glasgow

Volume

2

fYear

2007

fDate

5-7 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Networks on chip (NoC) emerged as a packets switched, structured communication medium for development of the future systems on chip (SoC). Due to its unique features in terms of scalability and ease of synthesis, the (rectangular) mesh topology is regarded as an appropriate candidate for on-chip network development. This paper presents an analytical model of the average message latency for rectangular mesh topology. The validity of the analysis is verified by comparing the model against the results produced by a discrete-event simulator.

Keywords

integrated circuit interconnections; multiprocessor interconnection networks; network topology; network-on-chip; packet switching; average message latency; communication modelling; network-on-chip; rectangular mesh NoC; rectangular mesh topology; wormhole swiching; Analytical models; Computer networks; Delay; Integrated circuit modeling; Network synthesis; Network topology; Network-on-a-chip; Scalability; System-on-a-chip; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2007 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hsinchu

ISSN

1521-9097

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1889-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPADS.2007.4447826

Filename

4447826