Performance evaluation of nano-On-Chip Interconnect for SoCs

The On-Chip Interconnects (OCI) infrastructure represents one of most important components in determining the overall performance of future System-on-Chip (SoC). Recently, nano-communication has emerged as a new paradigm that allows nanomachines to communicate using mechanisms, such as molecular-based, electromagnetic-based, acoustic-based, and mechanical-based techniques. In this paper, we study and evaluate the performance of the electromagnetic-based communication technique as an on-chip communication fabric for SoCs. Simulations have been conducted and preliminary results are reported to shed more light on the performance of this technique for large SoCs.