SAMi: Self-aware migration approach for congestion reduction in NoC-based MCSoC

Many-Core System-on-Chips (MCSoCs) require efficient task migration approach in order to reach system performance objectives such as load balancing, communication optimization, fault tolerance, and temperature control. In this paper an efficient self-aware migration approach is introduced for NoC-based MCSoCs using a centralized feedback controller in order to control the congestion over the system. The proposed approach is divided into four main steps: predicting behavior of the application, defining reliable triggers to initiate task migration, introducing cost comparison functions, and presenting a streamlined controlling mechanism to migrate tasks. The experimental results affirm that the proposed self-aware migration approach can help achieving significant throughput and system utilization while efficiently controlling system congestion.