The 2D SEM: A novel high-performance and low-power mesh-based topology for networks-on-chip

  • Authors:
  • Reza Sabbaghi-Nadooshan;Mehdi Modarressi;Hamid Sarbazi-Azad

  • Affiliations:
  • Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran;Department of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran,School of Computer Science, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran;Department of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran,School of Computer Science, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems - Performance evaluation of ubiquitous computing and networked systems
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

In this paper, a 2D shuffle-exchange based mesh topology, or 2D shuffle-exchange mesh (SEM) for short, is presented for network-on-chips. The proposed 2D topology applies the conventional well-known shuffle-exchange structure in each row and each column of the network. Compared to an equal sized mesh which is the most common topology in on-chip networks, the proposed shuffle-exchange based mesh network has smaller diameter but for an equal cost. Finally for better performance cross-shuffle is proposed. Simulation results show that the 2D SEM and 2D cross-shuffle effectively reduce the power consumption and improve performance metrics of the on-chip networks compared to the conventional mesh topology.