Network on chip replaces on-chip bus

摘要

French start-up arteris SA has released a speedy alternative to traditional on-chip bus systems, introducing an NOC (network-on-chip) system that accommodates multiple asynchronous clocking that many of today's complex SOC (sys-tem-on-chip) designs use. The NOC Solution brings a networking method to on-chip communications and claims roughly a threefold performance increase over conventional bus systems. The SOC Solution will compete against proprietary on-chip bus architectures and commercial on-chip buses, such as ARM's (www.arm.com) AMBA (Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture) and Sonic's (www.sonicsinc.com) SiliconBackplane.