Design of Wired/Wireless Hybrid 3D NoC for Radio Components and 3D Digital Structure Compliance

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Torabzadeh Kashi, Mahdi | 2014

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 45414 (19)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Computer Engineering
Advisor(s): Hessabi, Shaahin
Abstract:
According to recent advancements in digital circuit technology and new constraints for digital systems, scholars have researched to find a replacement for traditional copper links that is used to connect the embedded processing elements in a chip. Optic NoCs and wireless NoCs are two promising solutions to overcome challenges in traditional NoCs.
In this thesis, an innovative 3D NoC architecture is proposed which consists of four 2D mesh-based networks and they are connected via four wireless sub-networks as backbones. It is estimated that, the proposed architecture shrinks the power consumption at least 35 percent relatively due to the gate-level simulations. Thus, a better scaling and a decrease in temperature of the chip can be achieved.
In addition, a NoC Simulator, is proposed which simulates wired/wireless NoCs. The simulator, named Lincsim, which stands for Link-aware NoC Simulator can simulate the behavior of the topologies in RTL and gate-level. Currently, the simulator can simulate 2-D and 3-D Mesh and Torus, and any topology made from a combination of clusters based on Mesh and Torus
Keywords:
Simulators ; Wireless Network-On-Chip (WNoC) ; Liquid Cooling ; Three Dimentional Chip ; Radio Frequency Circuits on Chip