基于2D_Mesh结构的NOCbuffer深度研究.pdfVIP

ISSN1009-3044 E-mail: kfyj@ 第8卷第10期 (2012年4月) ComputerKnowledgeandTechnology电脑知识与技术 ComputerKnowledgeandTechnology 电脑知识与技术 Vol.8, No.10, April 2012. Tel:+86-551-5690963 5690964 基于2D-Mesh 结构的NOC buffer 深度研究 潘 攀 （安徽大学 电子信息工程学院，安徽合肥230601 ） 摘要：NOC （network-on-chip ）设计中，最重要的问题是如何提高NOC 的性能并减小延时。通讯网络中的的节点结构对NOC 的 性能和延时有着重要影响。而其中通讯节点虚拟通道的buffer 深度尤为关键。通过NIRGAM （NOC Interconnect Routing and Ap⁃ plication Modeling ）仿真器对一个基于XY 路由算法的3×4 的2D-Mesh 结构NOC 进行研究。分析结果表明：通讯节点虚拟通道的 输入FIFO(First-In-Fist-Out)的buffer 深度大于等于6 时，NOC 即得到优化。而该buffer 深度为6 到16 时，优化效果并不理想。 关键词：片上网络；2D Mesh 拓补结构；XY 路由算法；buffer 深度;通讯节点；虚拟通道 中图分类号：TP393 文献标识码：A 文章编号：1009-3044(2012)10-2415-04 AResearchofNOCBufferDepthBasedon2D-Mesh PAN Pan (School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China) Abstract: In NOC design,the most impirtant problem is how to improve NOC performance and reduce delay. The infrastructure of net⁃ work tail determines system performance and cost of NOC greatly, in which the virtual channel buffer depth of tail ’s input channel is one of the key design problems. The buffer depth of a 2-Dimension mesh topology NOC with odd-even routing algorithm is analyzed based on NIRGAM (NOC Interconnect Routing and Application Modeling) simulator. The analysis results reveal that NOC could be optimized when input FIFO (First-In-Fist-Out) buffer depth of virtual channel in tails is larger than 2. At the same time, the optimization is not ob⁃ viously when the value changed from 3 to 16. Then the reason has also been mentioned. Keywords:network-on-chip; 2D-Mesh togology; XY routing algorithm; buffer depth; communication node; virtual channel 片上系统SOC 出现于20 世纪90 年代，随着半导体工艺的不断发展和SOC 技术不断完善，现在的SOC 里可以包含处理器、存储