Title
A data protection unit for NoC-based architectures
Abstract
Security is gaining increasing relevance in the development of embedded devices. Towards a secure system at each level of design, this paper addresses the security aspects related to Network-on-Chip (NoC) architectures, foreseen as the communication infrastructure of next-generation embedded devices. In the context of NoC-based Multiprocessor systems, we focus on the topic, not thoroughly faced yet, of data protection. We present the architecture of a Data Protection Unit (DPU) designed for implementation within the Network Interface (NI). The DPU supports the capability to check and limit the access rights (none, read, write or both) of processors requesting access to data locations in a shared memory - in particular distinguishing between the operating roles (supervisor or user) of processing elements. We explore different alternative implementations and demonstrate how the DPU unit does not affect the network latency if the memory request has the appropriate rights. In the experimental section we show synthesis results for different ASIC implementations of the Data Protection Unit.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1145/1289816.1289858
CODES+ISSS
Keywords
Field
DocType
different alternative implementation,dpu unit,access right,noc-based architecture,data location,data protection unit,next-generation embedded device,embedded device,different asic implementation,memory request,data protection,nickel,system on a chip,computer architecture,network on chip,network interface,security,shared memory,embedded devices,network latency,embedded system,computer aided manufacturing,embedded systems
Permission,Computer architecture,Shared memory,Computer science,Parallel computing,Network on a chip,Application-specific integrated circuit,Multiprocessing,Data Protection Act 1998,Data access,Embedded system,Network interface
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
14
0.88
10
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Leandro Fiorin122917.10
Gianluca Palermo293875.81
Slobodan Lukovic3978.98
Cristina Silvano4119592.49