Title :
A protocol and memory manager for on-chip communication
Author :
Goossens, K.G.W.
Author_Institution :
Philips Res. Lab., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
We define a protocol for on-chip communication that supports dynamic interconnect networks with global memory management based on the notion of distributed shared memory with a uniform address space. The protocol is implemented by a memory manager. It is beneficial to separate the steady-state processing (data communication with static interconnect) from changing from one steady state (or user function) to another, which may necessitate reallocation of resources or changes in the network topology
Keywords :
distributed shared memory systems; embedded systems; memory protocols; network topology; resource allocation; task analysis; distributed shared memory; dynamic interconnect networks; global memory management; memory manager; network topology; on-chip communication; reallocation; static interconnect; steady-state processing; uniform address space; Bandwidth; Communication switching; Data communication; Embedded system; Laboratories; Memory management; Network topology; Network-on-a-chip; Protocols; Steady-state;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2001. ISCAS 2001. The 2001 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6685-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2001.921048