AP7002 THREE DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS ON CHIP - ANNA UNIV PG 1ST SEM SYLLABUS

ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI

REGULATIONS - 2013

M.E. APPLIED ELECTRONICS

AP7002 THREE DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS ON CHIP

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
 To introduce the concept of 3D NOC.
 To study the architectures and protocols of 3D NOC.
 To identify the types of fault and study the testing methods for fault rectification.
 To learn DimDE router for 3D NOC.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO THREE DIMENSIONAL NOC
Three-Dimensional Networks-on-Chips Architectures. – Resource Allocation for QoSOn-Chip
Communication – Networks-on-Chip Protocols-On-Chip Processor Traffic Modeling for
Networks-on-Chip

UNIT II TEST AND FAULT TOLERANCE OF NOC
Design-Security in Networks-on-Chips-Formal Verification of Communications in Networks-on-
Chips-Test and Fault Tolerance for Networks-on-Chip Infrastructures-Monitoring Services for
Networks-on-Chips.

UNIT III ENERGY AND POWER ISSUES OF NOC
Energy and Power Issues in Networks-on-Chips-The CHAIN works Tool Suite: AComplete
Industrial Design Flow for Networks-on-Chips

UNIT IV MICRO-ARCHITECTURE OF NOC ROUTER
Baseline NoC Architecture – MICRO-Architecture Exploration ViChaR: A Dynamic Virtual
Channel Regulator for NoC Routers- RoCo: The Row-Column Decoupled Router – A Gracefully
Degrading and Energy-Efficient Modular Router Architecture for On-Chip Networks. Exploring
Fault Tolerant Networks-on-Chip Architectures.

UNIT V DIMDE ROUTER FOR 3D NOC
A Novel Dimensionally-Decomposed Router for On-Chip Communication in 3D Architectures-
Digest of Additional NoC MACRO-Architectural Research.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

REFERENCES:
1. Chrysostomos Nicopoulos, Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Chita R.Das” Networks-on - Chip “
Architectures A Holistic Design Exploration”, Springer.
2. Fayezgebali, Haythamelmiligi, Hqhahed Watheq E1-Kharashi “Networks-on-Chips theory
and practice CRC press.