Networks-on-Chip Router: Configuration and Implementation

In this paper, we introduce a communication IP for System-on-Chip (SoC) namely Configurable Networks-on-Chip Router (CNoC-Router), which can perform various kinds of topology configuration for an on-chip network. With the flexible topology configuration and an adaptive routing scheme, CNoC-Router can enable a network with high performance using a relatively easy control. Synthesizable Register-Transfer-Level coding was designed and verified. Furthermore, a prototype based on Altera FPGA with a NIOS2 embedded micro-processor has been implemented to validate its practice.

In this paper, we introduce a communication IP for System-on-Chip (SoC) namely Configurable Networks-on-Chip Router (CNoC-Router), which can perform various kinds of topology configuration for an on-chip network. With the flexible topology configuration and an adaptive routing scheme, CNoC-Router can enable a network with high performance using a relatively easy control. Synthesizable Register-Transfer-Level coding was designed and verified. Furthermore, a prototype based on Altera FPGA with a NIOS2 embedded micro-processor has been implemented to validate its practice.