Very well written! I agree that a lot of literature talks about - the CPU, memory design but the interconnect is just as important. The flight analogies made this easy to understand.
Can't help but see a lot of parallels between internet networks and Network on Chips - packet size, congestion control, path lengths etc . After all they're both networks.
Excited to dive deeper into NoCs.
As I understood - the term on chips means all these nodes exist on a single chip and are connected internally using a network,
I had a questions
1. Two terms were used on-chip networks and Network on Chips. If i understand correctly, they mean the same and are interchangeable?
2. When designing a component of chip then, I must pre decide how my network looks like, as the design of the router of each chip is dependent on the type of network?
Very well written! I agree that a lot of literature talks about - the CPU, memory design but the interconnect is just as important. The flight analogies made this easy to understand.
Can't help but see a lot of parallels between internet networks and Network on Chips - packet size, congestion control, path lengths etc . After all they're both networks.
Excited to dive deeper into NoCs.
As I understood - the term on chips means all these nodes exist on a single chip and are connected internally using a network,
I had a questions
1. Two terms were used on-chip networks and Network on Chips. If i understand correctly, they mean the same and are interchangeable?
2. When designing a component of chip then, I must pre decide how my network looks like, as the design of the router of each chip is dependent on the type of network?