• DocumentCode
    3500183
  • Title

    A Generic Synthesizable NoC Switch with a Scalable Testbench

  • Author

    Govind, Vineeth ; Raik, Jaan ; Ubar, Raimund

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Eng., Tallinn Univ. of Technol.
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    2-4 Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a generic parametrizable VHDL description of a deflecting NoC switch is presented. In addition, a benchmark family of 8 switches representing different possible architecture configurations has been synthesized and tested. We have created a scalable testbench providing high-fault coverage test patterns for network implementations based on this switch. We will show that the testing of switches in the network has a complexity, which grows only as a square root of the number of switches in the network
  • Keywords
    hardware description languages; network-on-chip; semiconductor switches; NoC switch; VHDL; network implementations; testbench; Bandwidth; Communication switching; Data communication; Network topology; Network-on-a-chip; Routing; Switches; Telecommunication network topology; Telecommunication switching; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Baltic Electronics Conference, 2006 International
  • Conference_Location
    Tallinn
  • ISSN
    1736-3705
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0414-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1736-3705
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BEC.2006.311068
  • Filename
    4100289