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1. Memory Architecture and Management in an NoC Platform

Authors : Axel Jantsch, Xiaowen Chen, Abdul Naeem, Yuang Zhang, Sando Penolazzi, Zhonghai Lu

Published in: Scalable Multi-core Architectures

Publisher: Springer New York

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Abstract

The memory organization and the management of the memory space is a critical part of every NoC based platform design. We propose a Data Management Engine (DME), that is a block of programmable hardware and part of every processing element. It off-loads the processing element (CPU, DSP, etc.) by managing the memory space, memory access and the communication over the on-chip network. The DME’s main functions are virtual address translation, private and shared memory management, cache coherence protocol, support for memory consistency models, synchronization and protection mechanisms for shared memory communication. The DME is fully programmable and configurable thus allowing for customized support for high level data management functions such as dynamic memory allocation and abstract data types. This chapter describes the main concepts, design and functionality of the DME and presents case studies illustrating its usage and performance.

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Metadata
Title
Memory Architecture and Management in an NoC Platform
Authors
Axel Jantsch
Xiaowen Chen
Abdul Naeem
Yuang Zhang
Sando Penolazzi
Zhonghai Lu
Copyright Year
2012
Publisher
Springer New York
Book
Scalable Multi-core Architectures

Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-6777-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4419-6778-7

Copyright Year: 2012

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6778-7_1