Keynote Talk: NoCs: A Short History of Success and a Long Future

The broad application of NoCs in IC design has been enabled by NoC synthesis tools that evolved from university prototypes to full commercial synthesis flows. NoC embodiments are ubiquitously present in circuits and systems. As systems evolve to include new components and features, NoCs will play even a more important role as the smart connect that can enable heterogeneity. Thus this field will both evolve in diversity of implementations as well in the search of both higher performance and lower power solutions.