Download Design of Cost-Efficient Interconnect Processing Units: by Marcello Coppola, Miltos D. Grammatikakis, Riccardo PDF

By Marcello Coppola, Miltos D. Grammatikakis, Riccardo Locatelli, Giuseppe Maruccia, Lorenzo Pieralisi

ISBN-10: 1420044710

ISBN-13: 9781420044713

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ISBN-13: 9781420044720

Streamlined layout recommendations particularly for NoCTo clear up serious network-on-chip (NoC) structure and layout difficulties with regards to constitution, functionality and modularity, engineers usually depend on assistance from the abundance of literature approximately better-understood system-level interconnection networks. besides the fact that, on-chip networks current numerous specified demanding situations that require novel and really expert recommendations no longer present in the tried-and-true system-level suggestions. A Balanced research of NoC ArchitectureAs the 1st specific description of the industrial Spidergon STNoC structure, layout of within your budget Interconnect Processing devices: Spidergon STNoC examines the very hot, cost-cutting expertise that's set to interchange famous shared bus architectures, corresponding to STBus, for not easy multiprocessor system-on-chip (SoC) functions. using a balanced, well-organized constitution, easy instructing equipment, quite a few illustrations, and easy-to-understand examples, the authors clarify: how the SoC and NoC expertise works why builders designed it the way in which they did the system-level layout technique and instruments used to configure the Spidergon STNoC structure alterations in rate constitution among NoCs and system-level networks From pros in laptop sciences, electric engineering, and different comparable fields, to semiconductor proprietors and traders – all readers will take pleasure in the encyclopedic therapy of heritage NoC details starting from CMPs to the fundamentals of interconnection networks. The textual content introduces leading edge system-level layout technique and instruments for effective layout area exploration and topology choice. It additionally presents a wealth of key theoretical and functional MPSoC and NoC issues, corresponding to technological deep sub-micron results, homogeneous and heterogeneous processor architectures, multicore SoC, interconnect processing devices, conventional NoC elements, and embeddings of universal communique styles. An Arsenal of sensible studying instruments at Your DisposalThe publication incorporates a complimentary CD-ROM for functional education on NoC modeling and design-space exploration. It comprises the award-winning method C-based On-Chip verbal exchange community (OCCN) atmosphere, the single open-source community modeling and simulation framework presently to be had. With its constant, finished assessment of the cutting-edge – and destiny traits – of NoC layout, this indispensible textual content can assist readers harness the price in the immense and ever-changing global of network-on-chip know-how.