Ring road NoC architecture

A network of routers on a chip which allows packet switched communication, referred as Networks on Chip (NoC). provides a scalable interconnection architectural option for rapid development of Sacs. In this paper we describe a new NoC architecture. called Ring Road NoC (R2NoC), which was motivated by smooth flow of traffic in interconnected ring roads. Router design and routing algorithm for R2NoC is much simpler. We have developed a SystemC model of R2NoC and our simulation studies demonstrate that the proposed architecture leads to smooth and evenly distributed flow of communication traffic.