Reconfigurable Networks-on-Chip

"This book provides a comprehensive survey of recent progress in the design and implementation of Networks-on-Chip.) : It addresses a wide spectrum of on-chip communication problems, ranging from physical, network, to application layers. Specific topics that are explored in detail include packet routing, resource arbitration, error control/correction, application mapping, and communication scheduling. Additionally, a novel bi-directional communication channel NoC (BiNoC) architecture is described, with detailed explanation. Written for practicing engineers in need of practical knowledge about the design and implementation of networks-on-chip; Includes tutorial-like details to introduce readers to a diverse range of NoC designs, as well as in-depth analysis for designers with NoC experience to explore advanced issues; Describes a variety of on-chip communication architectures, including a novel bi-directional communication channel NoC. From the Foreword: Overall this book shows important advances over the state of the art that will affect future system design as well as R & D in tools and methods for NoC design. It represents an important reference point for both designers and electronic design automation researchers and developers. --Giovanni De Micheli"--SpringerLink Annotation This book provides a comprehensive survey of recent progress in the design and implementation of Networks-on-Chip. It addresses a wide spectrum of on-chip communication problems, ranging from physical, network, to application layers. Specific topics that are explored in detail include packet routing, resource arbitration, error control/correction, application mapping, and communication scheduling. Additionally, a novel bi-directional communication channel NoC (BiNoC) architecture is described, with detailed explanation. Written for practicing engineers in need of practical knowledge about the design and implementation of networks-on-chip; Includes tutorial-like details to introduce readers to a diverse range of NoC designs, as well as in-depth analysis for designers with NoC experience to explore advanced issues; Describes a variety of on-chip communication architectures, including a novel bi-directional communication channel NoC. From the Foreword:Overall this book shows important advances over the state of the art that will affect future system design as well as R & D in tools and methods for NoC design. It represents an important reference point for both designers and electronic design automation researchers and developers.--Giovanni De Micheli Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Communication Centric Design....Pages 3-13 Preliminaries....Pages 15-31 Front Matter....Pages 33-33 Techniques for High Performance Noc Routing....Pages 35-50 Performance-Energy Tradeoffs for Noc Reliability....Pages 51-67 Energy-Aware Task Scheduling for Noc-Based DVS System....Pages 69-88 Front Matter....Pages 89-89 Bidirectional Noc Architecture....Pages 91-135 Quality-of-Service in BiNoc....Pages 137-156 Fault Tolerance in BiNoC....Pages 157-171 Energy-Aware Application Mapping for BiNoC....Pages 173-192 Concluding Remarks....Pages 193-194 Back Matter....Pages 195-203