Scalable mpNoC for massively parallel systems - Design and implementation on FPGA

The high chip-level integration enables the implementation of large-scale parallel processing architectures with 64 and more processing nodes on a single chip or on an FPGA device. These parallel systems require a cost-effective yet high-performance interconnection scheme to provide the needed communications between processors. The massively parallel Network on Chip (mpNoC) was proposed to address the demand for parallel irregular communications for massively parallel processing System on Chip (mppSoC). Targeting FPGA based design, an efficient mpNoC low level RTL implementation is proposed taking into account design constraints. The proposed network is designed as an FPGA based IP (Intellectual Property) able to be configured in different communication modes. It can communicate between processors and also perform parallel I/O data transfer which is clearly a key issue in an SIMD system. The mpNoC RTL implementation presents good performances in terms of area, throughput and power con...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: JSA
• Authors: Mouna Baklouti, Yassine Aydi, Philippe Marquet, Jean-Luc Dekeyser, Mohamed Abid
• Keywords: FPGA, JSA 2010, Parallel Processing, Parallel Systems