Mass message transmission aware buffer-less packet-circuit switching router for 3D NoC

Abstract

In the design of 3D Network-on-chip, performance of the router is so important that it directly impacts the capability of 3D NoC. Considering the advantages and disadvantages of packet switching and circuit switching, this paper presents a mass message transmission aware buffer-less router for 3D NoC based on packet-circuit switching, which has the advantage of low buffer consumption and short transmission delay. That makes it suitable for mass message transmission on 3D NoC. We synthesize our mass message transmission aware buffer-less Packet-Circuit Switching Router for 3D NoC with XILINX 12.2. The device type is xc6vlx550t. The router can achieve a max frequency of 353.526 MHz, while the throughput of every channel is 16 Gbps.