Ring road NoC architecture

A network of routers on a chip which allows packet switched communication, referred as Networks on Chip (NoC). provides a scalable interconnection architectural option for rapid development of Sacs. In this paper we describe a new NoC architecture. called Ring Road NoC (R
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NoC), which was motivated by smooth flow of traffic in interconnected ring roads. Router design and routing algorithm for R
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NoC is much simpler. We have developed a SystemC model of R
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NoC and our simulation studies demonstrate that the proposed architecture leads to smooth and evenly distributed flow of communication traffic.