On-Chip Communication Architectures: System on Chip Interconnect (Systems on Silicon) [Hardcover]

Sudeep Pasricha (Author), Nikil Dutt (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 012373892X | ISBN-13: 978-0123738929 | Publication Date: May 13, 2008 | Edition: 1

Over the past decade, system-on-chip (SoC) designs have evolved to address the ever increasing complexity of applications, fueled by the era of digital convergence. Improvements in process technology have effectively shrunk board-level components so they can be integrated on a single chip. New on-chip communication architectures have been designed to support all inter-component communication in a SoC design. These communication architecture fabrics have a critical impact on the power consumption, performance, cost and design cycle time of modern SoC designs. As application complexity strains the communication backbone of SoC designs, academic and industrial R&D efforts and dollars are increasingly focused on communication architecture design.

This book is a comprehensive reference on concepts, research and trends in on-chip communication architecture design. It will provide readers with a comprehensive survey, not available elsewhere, of all current standards for on-chip communication architectures.

KEY FEATURES
* A definitive guide to on-chip communication architectures, explaining key concepts, surveying research efforts and predicting future trends
* Detailed analysis of all popular standards for on-chip communication architectures
* Comprehensive survey of all research on communication architectures, covering a wide range of topics relevant to this area, spanning the past several years, and up to date with the most current research efforts
* Future trends that with have a significant impact on research and design of communication architectures over the next several years

Product Details

• Hardcover: 544 pages
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 1 edition (May 13, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 012373892X
• ISBN-13: 978-0123738929
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,359,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and comprehensive coverage, March 2, 2009

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Per Gunnar Kjeldsberg (Trondheim, Norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On-Chip Communication Architectures: System on Chip Interconnect (Systems on Silicon) (Hardcover)

This book gives an excellent and comprehensive coverage of on-chip communication architectures. It focuses on bus-based architectures, but also includes chapters on Network-on-Chip and emerging technologies. It is easy to read (the advanced topic taken into consideration) and covers the topic in a complete way that I have not seen in other books. Since it is written by researchers in the field, it is natural that their research is detailed somewhat more than other work. This is not a problem, however, as other research is also very well covered. The list of references in each chapter is extensive and a very good starting point for further even more in-depth studies.

As a Professor in CS/EE, I consider using the book in advanced design courses. I will certainly recommend it for those of my master students who need in-depth knowledge in this area for the thesis work. I am also convinced that the book will be very useful for design engineers in industry.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive reference, November 15, 2008

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A. Gerstlauer (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On-Chip Communication Architectures: System on Chip Interconnect (Systems on Silicon) (Hardcover)

The book provides an excellent reference about the state of the art in on-chip communication design, validation, modeling, synthesis and verification. It covers a wide and broad range of topics and brings all the relevant information together in a comprehensive yet clear and easy to understand manner. In each chapter there is enough depth to understand the basic principles tying different approaches together and relating them to each other. In addition, an exhaustive list of references is provided for readers that want to dig deeper. In summary, highly recommended for audiences that want to get a detailed overview of the field.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A comprehensive treatment of on-chip interconnect, March 7, 2011

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Theodore D. Huffmire - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On-Chip Communication Architectures: System on Chip Interconnect (Systems on Silicon) (Hardcover)

This book provides a very informative and comprehensive exploration of on-chip interconnect. The future of computer architecture is all about interconnect because it will dominate on-chip real estate and power consumption. Careful design of interconnect is essential to achieve design goals that include performance and security. This book has extensive references at the end of each chapter, which I found to be very useful. It's a thought-provoking subject and a thought-provoking book. Computer architects will be studying on-chip communication architectures for a long time, as this is a complex and rich field.