Design of platform for exploring application-specific NoC architecture.

Liu, Zhouyi.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-114).Abstracts in English and Chinese.ABSTRACTS --- p.I摘要 --- p.IICONTENTS --- p.IIILIST OF FIGURE --- p.VLIST OF TABLE --- p.VIACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.VIIChapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1Chapter 1.1 --- NETWORK-ON-CHIP --- p.1Chapter 1.2 --- RELATED WORKS --- p.2Chapter 1.3 --- PLATFORM OVERVEW --- p.6Chapter 1.4 --- AUTHOR'S CONTRIBUTION --- p.10Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- NOC LIBRARY --- p.12Chapter 2.1 --- NETWORK TERMINOLOGY --- p.12Chapter 2.2 --- BASIC STRUCTURE --- p.15Chapter 2.3 --- LOW-POWER ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE --- p.20Chapter 2.3.1 --- Low-Cost Allocator Design --- p.21Chapter 2.3.2 --- Clock Gating --- p.22Chapter 2.3.3 --- Express Virtual Channel Insertion --- p.22Chapter 2.4 --- LOW-LATENCY ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE --- p.28Chapter 2.4.1. --- Lookahead Bypass Scheme --- p.29Chapter 2.4.2. --- Lookahead Bypass Router Architecture --- p.29Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- BENCHMARK AND MEASUREMENT --- p.31Chapter 3.1 --- BENCHMARK GENERATION --- p.32Chapter 3.1.1 --- Types of Traffic Patterns --- p.32Chapter 3.1.2 --- Traffic Generator --- p.36Chapter 3.2 --- MEASUREMENT SETTING --- p.38Chapter 3.2.1 --- Warming-up Period. --- p.38Chapter 3.2.2 --- Latency Definition --- p.39Chapter 3.2.3 --- Throughput Definition --- p.40Chapter 3.2.4 --- Virtual Channel Utilization --- p.40Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- PLATFORM STRUCTURE --- p.41Chapter 4.1 --- FILE TREE --- p.42Chapter 4.1.1 --- System Files --- p.46Chapter 4.1.2 --- Low-Power NoC Related --- p.47Chapter 4.1.3 --- Low-Latency NoC Related --- p.50Chapter 4.1.4 --- Project Related --- p.51Chapter 4.2 --- PROCESSES --- p.52Chapter 4.3 --- GUI ACCESS --- p.56Chapter 4.3.1 --- Section 1: Project Setup --- p.58Chapter 4.3.2 --- Section 2-a: Low-Power Router Structure --- p.59Chapter 4.3.3 --- Section 2-b: Low-Latency Router Structure --- p.60Chapter 4.3.4 --- Section 3: Benchmark & Measurement --- p.60Chapter 4.3.5 --- Section 4: View Result --- p.62Chapter 4.3.6 --- Low-Power NoC Example --- p.62Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- OPTIMIZATION AND COMPARISON --- p.72Chapter 5.1 --- OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE --- p.72Chapter 5.1.1 --- Optimization Phase 1: Inactive Buffer Removal --- p.73Chapter 5.1.2 --- Optimization Phase 2: Infighting Analysis --- p.74Chapter 5.1.3 --- Over-Optimization --- p.75Chapter 5.1.4 --- Optimization Example --- p.79Chapter 5.2 --- NOCS COMPARISON --- p.83Chapter 5.3 --- LOW-POWER IMPLEMENTATION CODE EXPORT --- p.88Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- SUMMARY AND FUTURE WORK --- p.92Chapter 6.1. --- SUMMARY --- p.92Chapter 6.2. --- FUTURE WORK --- p.93REFERENCES --- p.9