RECONFIGURABLE NETWORK ON CHIP ARCHITECTURE FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS SUMIT KANDPAL TOSIRON ADEGBIJA

NETWORK ON CHIP(NOC) Collection of computation resources connected through a network inside a chip Communication through the packets Communication architecture consists of interconnected switches each connected to a resource Communication unit Network Interface(NI) NI transforms bits from computation resources into packets Switches

FUNCTIONAL UNITS Each unit consists of: Processing Unit Local Memory IP Blocks(sensors, analog to digital converters(ADC))

NETWORK ON CHIP(NOC)

SWITCHING Switching is used to route packets over the network. Wormhole switching is used in NOC Three different types of switching Deterministic Adaptive Hybrid

FAULT TOLERENCE AND REDUNDANCY Fault tolerance: Technique that enables the system to maintain expected service despite presence of hardware faults. Redundancy Affect the performance Increases the application cost Balanced tradeoff between performance and level of tolerance

FAULT TOLERANCE IN NOC USING REDUNDANCY Segmentation of the communication and computational infrastructure Information may be prioritized based on attention needed by the network Different coding technique for parity check Packet encoding and redundant transmission of information. Inserting extra links and wires would tolerate manufacturing faults

AIRCRAFT PARTS AIRCRAFT PARTS Control system Cockpit Black box Wings Engine Gears and fuel tank Tail, elevator and rudder Fuselage

AIRCRAFT PARTS

NETWORK TOPOLOGIES Defines the placements and interconnections of nodes inside the NOC area Determines the bandwidth and latency of the network Most Common Topologies 2D Mesh topology Torus topology Application specific topology: Topic of this paper

NETWORK TOPOLOGIES

FIXED TOPOLOGY A fixed 2D Mesh topology Parts with similar traffic pattern and function are close to each other Reduces network overhead and hop count Disadvantages Delays incurred by routing paths

FIXED TOPOLOGY

APPLICATION SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURE STAR network topology Cockpit switch(central unit) directly connected to all units Advantage Decreases hop count and increases bandwidth Disadvantage Low fault tolerance due to link failure and switch crash Solution Reconfigure the topology

APPLICATION SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURE

RECONFIGURE THE TOPOLOGY System can modify and switch into ring topology. Fault is detected over star network Link is jammed due to traffic and shortage of bandwidth Direct link if the source and destination are adjacent Central switch malfunctions

ERRIC PROCESSOR Basic Elements Control Unit: Decode and fetch the next instruction. Register Units: Used to keep data. AU and LU : Execute arithmetic and logic functions Extra Hardware: Check Inputs and recovers from detected faults.

ERRIC PROCESSOR 32 bit architecture and is able to fetch 2 instructions every cycle. Instruction set is designed malfunction tolerant Extra hardware blocks checks input and recovers from any detected faults Error recovery is activated only when a fault has been detected

ERRIC PROCESSOR

ERIC PROTOTYPE OF FPGA HARDWARE

CONCLUSION Introduction of fault tolerant NOC system for the control of aircraft parts Implementing redundancy in the topology of the NOC. Processing units are based on ERRIC Network topology is controlled by embedded reconfigurable architecture