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Challenges and Promising Results in NoC Prototyping Using FPGAs
September/October 2007 (vol. 27 no. 5)
pp. 86-95
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Umit Y. Ogras, Radu Marculescu, Hyung Gyu Lee, Puru Choudhary, Diana Marculescu, Michael Kaufman, Peter Nelson, "Challenges and Promising Results in NoC Prototyping Using FPGAs," IEEE Micro, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 86-95, September/October, 2007.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MM.2007.80,
author = {Umit Y. Ogras and Radu Marculescu and Hyung Gyu Lee and Puru Choudhary and Diana Marculescu and Michael Kaufman and Peter Nelson},
title = {Challenges and Promising Results in NoC Prototyping Using FPGAs},
journal ={IEEE Micro},
volume = {27},
number = {5},
issn = {0272-1732},
year = {2007},
pages = {86-95},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MM.2007.80},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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JO - IEEE Micro
TI - Challenges and Promising Results in NoC Prototyping Using FPGAs
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SN - 0272-1732
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KW - network on chip
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Umit Y. Ogras, Carnegie Mellon University
Radu Marculescu, Carnegie Mellon University
Hyung Gyu Lee, Samsung Electronics
Puru Choudhary, Carnegie Mellon University
Diana Marculescu, Carnegie Mellon University
Michael Kaufman, Carnegie Mellon University
Peter Nelson, Carnegie Mellon University
Although a significant amount of theoretical work supports the potential of NoC architectures, such results need to be demonstrated by actual implementations before the NoC paradigm becomes a reality. Besides demonstrating the feasibility of the overall approach, prototyping enables accurate evaluation of power, performance, area, and various design trade-offs. This article presents four NoC prototypes, discusses the challenges associated with their design, and assesses the potential of the NoC approach.

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Index Terms:
network on chip, FPGAs, interconnection network, computer system implementation, computer systems organization
Citation:
Umit Y. Ogras, Radu Marculescu, Hyung Gyu Lee, Puru Choudhary, Diana Marculescu, Michael Kaufman, Peter Nelson, "Challenges and Promising Results in NoC Prototyping Using FPGAs," IEEE Micro, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 86-95, Sept.-Oct. 2007, doi:10.1109/MM.2007.80
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