Networks on Chips: A New SoC Paradigm

of abstraction and coarse granularity and distributed communication control. Focusing on using probabilistic metrics such as average values or variance to quantify design objectives such as performance and power will lead to a major change in design methodologies. Overall, SoC design will be based on both deterministic and stochastic models. Creating complex SoCs requires a modular, component-based approach to both hardware and software design. Based on the premise that interconnect technology will be the limiting factor for achieving SoCs' operational goals, we postulate that the layered design of reconfigurable micronetworks, which exploits the methods and tools used for general networks, can best achieve efficient communication on SoCs. On-chip micronetworks, designed with a layered methodology, will meet the distinctive challenges of providing functionally correct, reliable operation of interacting system-on-chip components. Luca Benini University of Bologna Giovanni De Michel...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: COMPUTER
• Authors: Luca Benini, Giovanni De Micheli
• Keywords: Complex Socs, COMPUTER 2002, Design, SoCs