This book provides a unified overview of network-on-chip router micro-architecture, the corresponding design opportunities and challenges, and existing solution
Continuing advances in semiconductor technology, coupled with an increasing concern for energy efficiency, have led to an industry-wide shift in focus towards m
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[2]. The Cell Processor from Sony, Toshiba and IBM (STI) [3], and the Sun UltraSPARC T1 (formerly codenamed Niagara) [4] signal the growing popularity of such s
This handbook presents fundamental knowledge on the hardware/software (HW/SW) codesign methodology. Contributing expert authors look at key techniques in the de