1. Advanced Computer Architecture 5MD00 Project on Network-on-Chip
Henk Corporaal
TUEindhoven
2007

2. Project links See www.ics.ele.tue.nl/~heco/courses/aca
Techreport on: A layered MIMD Communication Processor Design and Classification Model
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3. Assignment 1a: SystemC level
Get the mNoC running in SystemC simulator
Test the two online applications
Make and test a simple application yourself
complexity between 'gossip' and JPEG decoder
make sure your application has some input data and output data
e.g. a streaming application with 3-or-more filters
first in C, then MIPS code
output
image
input
image
filter 1
filter 2
filter 3
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4. Assignment 1b: FPGA level
Test the whole design flow
Map the mNoC into the FPGA board
Get the 'gossip' application running
Get your own application running on the FPGA board
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5. Assignment 2: Ideas Other topology: replace torus by e.g.:
mesh, or
tree
Other routing algorithms
E cube absolute addressing (easy)
source level routing
interval routing (supports arbitrary topology)
manhattan
See techreport for other ideas
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6. Further ideas for assignment 2
Add Guaranteed throughput channels
External memory interface
Other IP blocks
memory node
I/O node
Higher level communication support primitives
Look at VPN and MPI as examples
Optimize the MIPS:
VLIW or Superscalar MIPS
Or: Come with your own idea
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7. Finally Test your result with an example program
You may work in a team of 2 persons
Write report; clearly indicate your contribution
Have to defend whole report
Theory part of exam:
based on discussed slides
learn corresponding book chapters/sections
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