Design of an Energy-Efficient CMOS-Compatible NoC Architecture with Millimeter-Wave Wireless Interconnects

作者:Deb Sujay*; Chang Kevin; Yu Xinmin; Sah Suman Prasad; Cosic Miralem; Ganguly Amlan; Pande Partha Pratim; Belzer Benjamin; Heo Deukhyoun
来源:IEEE Transactions on Computers, 2013, 62(12): 2382-2396.
DOI:10.1109/TC.2013.224

摘要

The Network-on-chip (NoC) is an enabling technology to integrate large numbers of embedded cores on a single die. The existing methods of implementing a NoC with planar metal interconnects are deficient due to high latency and significant power consumption arising out of multihop links used in data exchange. To address these problems, we propose design of a hierarchical small-world wireless NoC architecture where the multihop wire interconnects are replaced with high-bandwidth and single-hop long-range wireless shortcuts operating in the millimeter (mm)-wave frequency range. The proposed mm-wave wireless NoC (mWNoC) outperforms the corresponding conventional wireline counterpart in terms of achievable bandwidth and is significantly more energy efficient. The performance improvement is achieved through efficient data routing and optimum placement of wireless hubs. Multiple wireless shortcuts operating simultaneously further enhance the performance, and provide an energy-efficient solution for design of communication infrastructures for multicore chips.

  • 出版日期2013-12