… We propose the Runahead NoC, a lightweight, lossy network … The Runahead NoC operates
either as a power-saver that is … we find that the Runahead NoC reduces power consumption …

… We also compare the Runahead network with other related techniques. Last, we describe
… • Chapter 5 presents the evaluation of the Runahead network. We show that the Runahead …

… Current network-on-chip designs in chip-multiprocessors are agnostic to application
requirements and hence are provisioned for the general case, leading to wasted energy and …

… The network-on-chip (NoC) serving as an effective interconnection fabric connects these
many on-chip components. It provides better scalability and higher bandwidth compared to …

… Abstract—The increasing communication demands in chip multiprocessors (CMPs) and
many error-tolerant applications are driving the approximate design of the network-on-chip (NoC…

… The structure of network-on-chip communication architectures is complex, which creates
the need to evaluate the performance of the system in real world use-cases. Traditional …

A current-day system on a chip (SoC) consists of several different microprocessor subsystems
together with memories and I/O interfaces. This course covers SoC design and modelling …

… As a result, a shared Network-on-Chip (NoC) based communication infrastructure is employed
in most of the modern TCMPs [8]. Figure 1 shows the conceptual view of a standard NoC …

… network-on-chip. To enable this prioritization, we use two principles: … Runahead execution:
an alternative to very large instruction … virtual channel regulator for network-on-chip routers. In …

… Asynchronous network on chip (NoC) support communication in such … NEtwork on Chip
(PANE) simulator, which allows system-level simulation of asynchronous network on chip (NoC). …