Efficient Asynchronous Protocol Converters for Two-Phase Delay….ppt

Efficient Asynchronous Protocol Efficient Asynchronous Protocol Converters for Two-Phase Delay-Converters for Two-Phase Delay-Insensitive municationInsensitive municationAmitavaAmitavaMitraMitraIntel Corp., Bangalore, IndiaIntel Corp., Bangalore, IndiaWilliam F. McLaughlinWilliam F. McLaughlinColumbia University, Electrical EngineeringColumbia University, Electrical EngineeringSteven M. NowickSteven M. NowickColumbia University, Computer ScienceColumbia University, Computer Science2OutlineOutline??Motivation and ContributionMotivation and Contribution??System-on-Chip: Concepts and TrendsSystem-on-Chip: Concepts and Trends??Asynchronous Signaling StylesAsynchronous Signaling Styles??Target Asynchronous SOC ArchitectureTarget Asynchronous SOC Architecture??ContributionContribution??Proposed System ArchitectureProposed System Architecture??Experimental ResultsExperimental Results??Extensions: Other Signaling StylesExtensions: Other Signaling Styles??Conclusions and Future WorkConclusions and Future Work3System-on-Chip (SOC): Concept and TrendsSystem-on-Chip (SOC): Concept and Trends??Microelectronic trends enabling SOC designMicroelectronic trends enabling SOC design??Increasing integration density + chip sizeIncreasing integration density + chip size??Formerly discrete functions (memory, I/O) now integratedFormerly discrete functions (memory, I/O) now integrated??Popularity of Popularity of ““multi-coremulti-core”” designs designs ??Heterogeneous SOC:Heterogeneous SOC:??plex chip with broad plex chip with broad functionality??Many putation nodesMany putation nodes??Multiple cores, memories, accelerators, multimedia processing, etc. Multiple cores, memories, accelerators, multimedia processing, etc. ??Often includes multiple timing domainsOften includes multiple timing domains??work-style interconnect work-style interconnect fabric??Challenges in Heterogeneous SOC design:Challenges in Heterogeneous SOC design:??Wire costs not scaling down with device sizeWire costs