Methods for fault tolerance in networks-on-chip

M Radetzki, C Feng, X Zhao, A Jantsch - ACM Computing Surveys …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
Networks-on-Chip constitute the interconnection architecture of future, massively parallel
multiprocessors that assemble hundreds to thousands of processing cores on a single chip …

A survey on design approaches to circumvent permanent faults in networks-on-chip

S Werner, J Navaridas, M Luján - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2016 - dl.acm.org
Increasing fault rates in current and future technology nodes coupled with on-chip
components in the hundreds calls for robust and fault-tolerant Network-on-Chip (NoC) …

Elevator-first: A deadlock-free distributed routing algorithm for vertically partially connected 3d-nocs

F Dubois, A Sheibanyrad, F Petrot… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a distributed routing algorithm for vertically partially connected
regular 2D topologies of different shapes and sizes (eg, 2D mesh, torus, ring). The …

Nocalert: An on-line and real-time fault detection mechanism for network-on-chip architectures

A Prodromou, A Panteli, C Nicopoulos… - 2012 45th Annual …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The widespread proliferation of the Chip Multi-Processor (CMP) paradigm has cemented the
criticality of the on-chip interconnection fabric. The Network-on-Chip (NoC) is becoming …

A reliable routing architecture and algorithm for NoCs

A DeOrio, D Fick, V Bertacco… - … on Computer-Aided …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aggressive transistor scaling continues to drive increasingly complex digital designs. The
large number of transistors available today enables the development of chip multiprocessors …

A survey and evaluation of topology-agnostic deterministic routing algorithms

J Flich, T Skeie, A Mejia, O Lysne… - … on Parallel and …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most standard cluster interconnect technologies are flexible with respect to network
topology. This has spawned a substantial amount of research on topology-agnostic routing …

An abacus turn model for time/space-efficient reconfigurable routing

B Fu, Y Han, J Ma, H Li, X Li - Proceedings of the 38th annual …, 2011 - dl.acm.org
Applications' traffic tends to be bursty and the location of hot-spot nodes moves as time goes
by. This will significantly aggregate the blocking problem of wormhole-routed Network-on …

Graceful deadlock-free fault-tolerant routing algorithm for 3D Network-on-Chip architectures

AB Ahmed, AB Abdallah - Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Three-Dimensional Networks-on-Chip (3D-NoC) has been presented as an
auspicious solution merging the high parallelism of Network-on-Chip (NoC) interconnect …

At-speed distributed functional testing to detect logic and delay faults in NoCs

MR Kakoee, V Bertacco, L Benini - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we propose a distributed functional test mechanism for NoCs which scales to
large-scale networks with general topologies and routing algorithms. Each router and its …

Fault-tolerant networks-on-chip routing with coarse and fine-grained look-ahead

J Liu, J Harkin, Y Li, LP Maguire - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fault tolerance and adaptive capabilities are challenges for modern networks-on-chip (NoC)
due to the increase in physical defects in advanced manufacturing processes. Two novel …