1. Design and analysis of a mesh-based wireless network-on-chip
- Author
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Hu, Wen-Hsiang, Wang, Chifeng, and Bagherzadeh, Nader
- Subjects
Wireless network-on-chip ,Network-on-chip ,On-chip interconnection network ,Computer Software ,Distributed Computing - Abstract
© 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York Network-on-chip (NoC) architecture is regarded as a solution for future on-chip interconnects. However, the performance advantages of conventional NoC architectures are limited by the long latency and high power consumption due to multi-hop long-distance communication among processing elements. To solve these limitations, we employed on-chip wireless communication as express links for transferring data so that transfer latency can be reduced. A hybrid NoC architecture utilizing both wired and wireless communication approaches is proposed in this paper. We also devised a deadlock-free routing algorithm that is able to make efficient use of the incorporated wireless links. Moreover, simulated annealing optimization techniques were applied to find optimal locations for wireless routers. Cycle-accurate simulation results showed a significant improvement in transfer latency. Area and power consumption analysis demonstrates the feasibility of our proposed NoC architecture.
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- 2015