On-chip networks (OCNs) have been proposed to solve the increasing scale and complexity of the designs in nanoscale multicore VLSI designs. The concept of irregular meshes is an im...
In this paper, we introduce the use of slow-silent virtual channels to reduce the switching power of on-chip networks while keeping the leakage power small. Adding virtual channel...
— An on-chip communication network is most power efficient when it operates just below the saturation point. For any given traffic load the network can be operated in this regi...
Buffers in on-chip networks consume significant energy, occupy chip area, and increase design complexity. In this paper, we make a case for a new approach to designing on-chip in...
The time-constrained packet routing problem is to schedule a set of packets to be transmitted through a multinode network, where every packet has a source and a destination (as in ...