Title :
An advanced NoC with debug services on FPGA
Author :
Todorovich, Elias ; Leonetti, Matias ; Brinks, Ray
Author_Institution :
Fac. de Cienc. Exactas, Univ. Nac. del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Tandil, Argentina
Abstract :
A modern system-on-a-chip includes tens to hundreds of modules such as processor cores, memories and other IP blocks and exchanges packetized data using high-performance interconnection networks as a subsystem for data transport. This paper reports the implementation of an industry-wide network on a chip in FPGA, and the first implementation and evaluation of the Sonics Performance Monitor and Hardware Tracer integrated in NoC IP cores, with area, time, and power measurements on a current FPGA device.
Keywords :
area measurement; field programmable gate arrays; integrated circuit interconnections; network-on-chip; power measurement; program debugging; time measurement; FPGA; IP blocks; IP cores; advanced NoC; area measurements; data transport; debug services; hardware tracer; high-performance interconnection networks; industry-wide network on a chip; memories; modern system-on-a-chip; packetized data; power measurements; processor cores; sonics performance monitor; time measurements; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; IP networks; Monitoring; Performance evaluation; Software; System-on-chip; FPGA; Network on chip; System on a Chip; debug; monitoring;
Conference_Titel :
Programmable Logic (SPL), 2014 IX Southern Conference on
Conference_Location :
Buenos Aires
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6846-6
DOI :
10.1109/SPL.2014.7002201
