Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE'05) Volume 2
A Router Architecture for Connection-Oriented Service Guarantees in the MANGO Clockless Network-on-Chip
Munich, Germany
March 07-March 11
ISBN: 0-7695-2288-2
On-chip networks for future system-on-chip designs need simple, high performance implementations. In order to promote system-level integrity, guaranteed services (GS) need to be provided. We propose a network-on-chip (NoC) router architecture to support this, and demonstrate with a CMOS standard cell design. Our implementation is based on clockless circuit techniques, and thus inherently supports a modular, GALS-oriented design flow. Our router exploits virtual channels to provide connection-oriented GS, as well as connection-less best-effort (BE) routing. The architecture is highly flexible, in that support for different types of BE routing and GS arbitration can be easily plugged into the router.
Citation:
Tobias Bjerregaard, Jens Spars?, "A Router Architecture for Connection-Oriented Service Guarantees in the MANGO Clockless Network-on-Chip," date, vol. 2, pp.1226-1231, Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE'05) Volume 2, 2005