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Abstract | ||
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Networks-on-Chip (NoCs) are emerging as the answer to non-scalable buses for connecting multiple cores in Chip Multi Processors (CMPs), and multiple IP blocks in Multi Processor Systems-on-Chip (MPSoCs). These networks require an extremely low-power datapath to ensure sustained scalability, and higher performance/watt. Crossbars and links form the core of a network datapath, and integrating low-swing links within these will reduce power significantly. Low-swing links however require significant custom circuit design effort to deliver good power efficiency and high bit rate, in the face of noise. As a result, low-swing links have not been able to make it to mainstream chips which rely on crossbar and link generators from RTL. In this paper, we present a datapath generator that creates automated layouts for crossbars with noise-robust low-swing links within them. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first crossbar generator that (1) creates layouts, instead of generating just synthesizable RTL; and (2) integrates noise-robust low-swing links in an automated manner. We demonstrate our generated datapath in a fully-synthesized NoC router, and observe 50% power reduction on datapath.
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Year | DOI | Venue |
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2011 | 10.1109/ICCAD.2011.6105418 | Computer-Aided Design |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
multiprocessing systems,multiprocessor interconnection networks,network-on-chip,IP blocks,automated layouts,chip multi processors,crossbar generator,custom circuit design,fully-synthesized NoC router,link generator,low-power networks-on-chip,low-swing crossbar,mainstream chips,multiprocessor systems-on-chip,network datapath generator,noise-robust low-swing links,non-scalable buses | Electrical efficiency,Datapath,Computer science,Network on a chip,Circuit design,Electronic engineering,Chip,Router,Crossbar switch,Scalability,Embedded system | Conference |
ISSN | ISBN | Citations |
1092-3152 E-ISBN : 978-1-4577-1398-9 | 978-1-4577-1398-9 | 8 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.50 | 10 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Chia-Hsin Owen Chen | 1 | 8 | 0.50 |
| Sunghyun Park | 2 | 154 | 10.83 |
| Tushar Krishna | 3 | 1864 | 86.95 |
| Li-Shiuan Peh | 4 | 396 | 14.41 |