A multi-context 6.4Gb/s/channel on-chip communication network using 0.18/spl mu/m Flash-EEPROM switches and elastic interconnects

Author

Borgatti, M. ; Auricchio, C. ; Pelliconi, R. ; Canegallo, R. ; Gazzina, C. ; Tosoni, A. ; Rolandi, P.L.

Author_Institution

STMicroelectronics, Agrate Brianza, Italy

fYear

2003

fDate

13-13 Feb. 2003

Firstpage

466

Abstract

A multi-context programmable on-chip communication network is implemented using a matrix of Flash-EEPROM pass-transistor switches (FPT) in a 0.18/spl mu/m technology. The prototype 8-context, 8/spl times/8 64b crossbar includes 576k FPT and >8k bi-directional tristate repeaters in an area of 1.38mm/sup 2/. Based on 2/spl times/2 building blocks, wave pipelining and elastic interconnect, data is transferred at 6.4Gb/s per channel, with independent clocks at both ends.

Keywords

clocks; flash memories; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit interconnections; multiplexing equipment; repeaters; 0.18 micron; 6.4 Gbit/s; 64 bit; Flash-EEPROM switches; bi-directional tristate repeaters; crossbar; elastic interconnects; independent clocks; multi-context programmable network; on-chip communication network; pass-transistor switches; wave pipelining; Clocks; Communication networks; Communication switching; Integrated circuit interconnections; Network-on-a-chip; Protocols; Switches; Threshold voltage; Transmitters; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2003. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2003 IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

0193-6530

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7707-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCC.2003.1234389

Filename

1234389