Implementing cellular automata modeled applications on network-on-chip platforms

Nowadays, embedded consumer devices are expected to support demanding applications in terms of performance and energy consumption. For implementing such applications on Network- on-Chips (NoCs) a design methodology for performing exploration at system-level is needed, in order to select the optimal application-specific NoC architecture. In this paper we present a methodology for designing application-specific NoC platforms at system-level. The methodology is based on the exploration of different NoC aspects (e.g. topology, routing algorithms etc.) and is supported by a flexible NoC simulator. In this work we apply our methodology to applications modeled with Cellular Automata (CA).