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NoC Architectures
Martino Ruggiero
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
CONTENTS
3.1 Introduction ............................................................... 84
3.2 Advantages of the NoC Paradigm ........................................ 85
3.3 Challenges of the NoC Paradigm ......................................... 87
3.4 Principles of NoC Architecture ........................................... 88
3.4.1 Topology .......................................................... 88
3.4.2 Routing ............................................................ 93
3.4.2.1 Oblivious Routing Algorithms ........................... 94
3.4.2.2 ...