GALS networks on chip: a new solution for asynchronous delay-insensitive links

  • Authors:
  • G. Campobello;M. Castano;C. Ciofi;D. Mangano

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Messina, Italy;University of Messina, Italy;University of Messina, Italy;University of Pisa, Via Caruso, Pisa, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the conference on Design, automation and test in Europe: Designers' forum
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

In this paper a cost effective solution for asynchronous delay-insensitive on-chip communication is proposed. Our solution is based on the Berger coding scheme and allows to obtain a very low wire overhead. For instance, the results of our evaluation show that a 64-bit link can be built paying a wire overhead of 10% and 30 equivalent two-input gates per wire. As a general rule, when the number of bits to be transmitted increases, the wire overhead decreases and the gate overhead remains almost the same.