Title :
Efficient network interface architecture for network-on-chips
Author :
Ebrahimi, Masoumeh ; Daneshtalab, Masoud ; Sreejesh, N.P. ; Liljeberg, Pasi ; Tenhunen, Hannu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Univ. of Turku, Turku, Finland
Abstract :
In this paper, we present novel network interface architecture for on-chip networks to increase memory parallelism and to improve the resource utilization. The proposed architecture exploits AXI transaction based protocol to be compatible with existing IP cores. Experimental results with synthetic test case demonstrate that the proposed architecture outperforms the conventional architecture in term of latency.
Keywords :
network interfaces; protocols; AXI transaction; memory parallelism; network interface architecture; network-on-chips; protocol; resource utilization; Delay; Hardware; Information technology; Logic testing; Network interfaces; Network-on-a-chip; Protocols; Resource management; Routing; System-on-a-chip;
Conference_Titel :
NORCHIP, 2009
Conference_Location :
Trondheim
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4310-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4311-6
DOI :
10.1109/NORCHP.2009.5397837