On-Chip Communication Architectures

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the communication design space for NoC type architectures is much larger and

more complex than for bus-based communication architectures, the design prob-

lems remain the same, requiring a trade-off between performance, power, cost,

area, and reliability to create a communication fabric that can meet the require-

ments of a given application.

There are several variants of NoCs that have been proposed to date. An under-

standing of these proposed network fabrics requires an elaboration on the key

characteristics that make NoCs unique. There are several characteristics that

defi ne an NoC, and allow a differentiation between the various NoC architectur ...