Title :
Power characteristics of Networks on Chip
Author :
El Ghany, Mohamed A. Abd ; El-Moursy, Magdy A. ; Korzec, Darek ; Ismail, Mohammed
Author_Institution :
Electron. Eng. Dept., German Univ. in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
fDate :
May 30 2010-June 2 2010
Abstract :
Power characteristics of different Network on Chip (NoC) topologies are developed. Among different NoC topologies, the Butterfly Fat Tree (BFT) dissipates the minimum power. With the advance in technology, the relative power consumption of the interconnects and the associate repeaters of the BFT decreases as compared to the power consumption of the network switches. The power dissipation of interswitch links and repeaters for BFT represents only 1% of the total power dissipation of the network. In addition of providing high throughput, the BFT is a power efficient topology for NoCs.
Keywords :
network topology; network-on-chip; Butterfly Fat Tree; NoC topologies; interswitch links; networks on chip; power characteristics; power dissipation; Circuit topology; Communication networks; Communication switching; Energy consumption; Integrated circuit interconnections; Network topology; Network-on-a-chip; Power dissipation; Repeaters; Switches; BFT. CLICHÉ Octagon; Interswitch Links; NoC; Power Dissipation; SPIN;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5308-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5309-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2010.5537753
