N ° D’ORDRE 9609 SPECIALITE: PHYSIQUE Ecole Doctorale « Sciences et Technologies de l’Information des

...................................................................................................................... v Résumé ............................................................................................................................. vii CONTENTS .................................................................................................................. xxxi LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................... xxxvi LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................. xxxviii 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Motivation .......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Research Objectives ........................................................................................... 2 1.3 Thesis organization ............................................................................................. 4 2. Multiprocessor and Network on Chip State of the Art ................................................ 7 2.1 Multiprocessor on chip ....................................................................................... 7 2.1.1 Definitions, Architecture and Performance Evaluation .......................... 7 2.1.2 Academic and Commercial MPSOCs .................................................... 8 2.2 Network on chip ................................................................................................. 9 2.2.1 Definitions, Architecture and Performance Evaluation .......................... 9 2.2.2 OCP-IP NoC micro-Benchmarks ......................................................... 14 2.2.3 Academic and Commercial NOCs ....................................................... 15 2.2.4 Case study: Arteris Technology ........................................................... 17 2.3 Conclusion ........................................................................................................ 24 3. MPSOC Design Methodologies ................................................................................. 27 3.1 MPSOC Design and Synthesis ......................................................................... 27 3.1.1 Benchmarks .......................................................................................... 28 3.1.2 Design methods of MPSoC .................................................................. 30 3.2 NOC Design and Synthesis .............................................................................. 40