3D Network-on-Chip Architectures Using Homogeneous Meshes and Heterogeneous Floorplans
Joint Authors
de Paulo, Vitor
Ababei, Cristinel
Source
International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-09-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
We propose new 3D 2-layer and 3-layer NoC architectures that utilize homogeneous regular mesh networks on a separate layer and one or two heterogeneous floorplanning layers.
These architectures combine the benefits of compact heterogeneous floorplans and of regular mesh networks.
To demonstrate these benefits, a design methodology that integrates floorplanning, routers assignment, and cycle-accurate NoC simulation is proposed.
The implementation of the NoC on a separate layer offers an additional area that may be utilized to improve the network performance by increasing the number of virtual channels, buffers size, or mesh size.
Experimental results show that increasing the number of virtual channels rather than the buffers size has a higher impact on network performance.
Increasing the mesh size can significantly improve the network performance under the assumption that the clock frequency is given by the length of the physical links.
In addition, the 3-layer architecture can offer significantly better network performance compared to the 2-layer architecture.
American Psychological Association (APA)
de Paulo, Vitor& Ababei, Cristinel. 2010. 3D Network-on-Chip Architectures Using Homogeneous Meshes and Heterogeneous Floorplans. International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-12.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
de Paulo, Vitor& Ababei, Cristinel. 3D Network-on-Chip Architectures Using Homogeneous Meshes and Heterogeneous Floorplans. International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-484250
American Medical Association (AMA)
de Paulo, Vitor& Ababei, Cristinel. 3D Network-on-Chip Architectures Using Homogeneous Meshes and Heterogeneous Floorplans. International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-484250
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-484250