Network-on-chip （NoC） technology enables a new system-on-chip paradigm, the system-on- network-on-chip （SoNoC） paradigm. One of the challenges in designing application-specific networks is modeling the on-chip sys...Network-on-chip （NoC） technology enables a new system-on-chip paradigm, the system-on- network-on-chip （SoNoC） paradigm. One of the challenges in designing application-specific networks is modeling the on-chip system behavior and determining on-chip traffic characteristics. A universal object message level model for SoNoC was defined and an object-oriented methodology was developed to implement this model in hardware and software. The model supports ＂object to core＂ synthesis and ＂function invoking to network＂ mapping. A case study of an H.263 system verifies the model and methodology. System prototypes are easily built and on-chip traffic can be observed using the SoNoC model to provide real benchmarks for on-chip network design.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60236020)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of Ministry of Education, China (No. 20050003083)
文摘Network-on-chip （NoC） technology enables a new system-on-chip paradigm, the system-on- network-on-chip （SoNoC） paradigm. One of the challenges in designing application-specific networks is modeling the on-chip system behavior and determining on-chip traffic characteristics. A universal object message level model for SoNoC was defined and an object-oriented methodology was developed to implement this model in hardware and software. The model supports ＂object to core＂ synthesis and ＂function invoking to network＂ mapping. A case study of an H.263 system verifies the model and methodology. System prototypes are easily built and on-chip traffic can be observed using the SoNoC model to provide real benchmarks for on-chip network design.
