A survey of research and practices of Network-on-chip
2006
The scaling of microchip technologies has enabled large scale systems-on-chip (SoC). Network-on-chip (NoC) research addresses global communication in SoC, involving (i) a move from computation-centric to communication-centric design and (ii) the implementation of scalable communication structures. This survey presents a perspective on existing NoC research. We define the following abstractions: system, network adapter, network, and link to explain and structure the fundamental concepts. First, research relating to the actual network design is reviewed. Then system level design and modeling are discussed. We also evaluate performance analysis techniques. The research shows that NoC constitutes a unification of current trends of intrachip communication rather than an explicit new alternative.
Keywords:
- Telecommunications network
- System on a chip
- Theoretical computer science
- Network planning and design
- Electronic system-level design and verification
- Network on a chip
- Computer science
- Systems architecture
- Embedded system
- Distributed computing
- Community structure
- Scalability
- Computer architecture
- Network interface controller
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