For networks on chips to succeed as the next generation of on-chip interconnect, researchers must solve the major problems involved in designing, implementing, verifying, and testing them. This article surveys the latest NoC architectures, methods, and tools and shows what must happen to make NoCs part of a viable future.
Index Terms:
VLSI, VLSI Systems, Automatic synthesis, Reliability, Testing, and Fault-Tolerance
Citation:
Partha Pratim Pande, Cristian Grecu, Andr? Ivanov, Resve Saleh, Giovanni De Micheli, "Design, Synthesis, and Test of Networks on Chips," IEEE Design and Test of Computers, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 404-413, Sep./Oct. 2005, doi:10.1109/MDT.2005.108