Formal specification of networks-on-chips: deadlock and evacuation

  • Authors:
  • Freek Verbeek;Julien Schmaltz

  • Affiliations:
  • Radboud University Nijmegen, Open University of The Netherlands;Radboud University Nijmegen, Open University of The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the Conference on Design, Automation and Test in Europe
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Networks-on-chips (NoC) are emerging as a promising interconnect solution for efficient Multi-Processors Systems-on-Chips. We propose a methodology that supports the specification of parametric NoCs. We provide sufficient constraints that ensure deadlock-free routing, functional correctness, and liveness of the design. To illustrate our method, we discharge these constraints for a parametric NoC inspired by the HERMES architecture.