Ruud van Vijfeijken: Performance evaluation of network on chip using formal models


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Because of the increase in complexity of System-on-Chip (SoC) networks by using Network-on-Chip (NoC), latency has become a major issue in the design and validation. There are formal and mathematical methods to determine latency bounds of a NoC, such as network calculus, and low level simulation environments, such as a cycle-accurate simulation of the Register Transfer Level. This thesis proposes a method that abstracts away from low level analysis and uses a formal model to analyze the latency bounds of a given NoC. By applying different traffic schemes we can determine worst case latency of some case studies, which include a 8-node Spidergon with cache coherency and a TornadoNoC architecture.