A New Efficient and Reliable Dynamically ReconfigurableNetwork-on-Chip

Abstract

We present a new reliableNetwork-on-Chip(NoC) suitable forDynamically Reconfigurable Multiprocessors on Chipsystems. The proposedNoCis based on routers performing online error detection of routing algorithm and data packet errors. Our work focuses on adaptive routing algorithms which allow to bypass faulty components or processor elements dynamically implemented inside the network. The proposed routing error detection mechanism allows to distinguish routing errors from bypasses of faulty components. The new router architecture is based on additional diagonal state indications and specific logic blocks allowing the reliable operation of theNoC. The main originality in the proposedNoCis that only the permanently faulty parts of the routers are disconnected. Therefore, our approach maintains a high run time throughput in theNoCwithout data packet loss thanks to a self-loopbackmechanism inside each router.