Outstanding research problems in NoC design: System, microarchitecture, and circuit perspectives

Radu Marculescu; Umit Y. Ogras; Li Shiuan Peh; Natalie Enright Jerger; Yatin Hoskote

doi:10.1109/TCAD.2008.2010691

Outstanding research problems in NoC design: System, microarchitecture, and circuit perspectives

Radu Marculescu
, Umit Y. Ogras
, Li Shiuan Peh
, Natalie Enright Jerger
, Yatin Hoskote

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Abstract

To alleviate the complex communication problems that arise as the number of on-chip components increases, network-on-chip (NoC) architectures have been recently proposed to replace global interconnects. In this paper, we first provide a general description of NoC architectures and applications. Then, we enumerate several related research problems organized under five main categories: Application characterization, communication paradigm, communication infrastructure, analysis, and solution evaluation. Motivation, problem description, proposed approaches, and open issues are discussed for each problem from system, microarchitecture, and circuit perspectives. Finally, we address the interactions among these research problems and put the NoC design process into perspective.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3-21
Number of pages	19
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
Volume	28
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TCAD.2008.2010691
State	Published - Jan 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Energy and power consumption
Multiprocessor systems-on-chip (MPSoCs)
Networks-on-chip (NoCs)
On-chip communication

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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