Reliability, Availability and Serviceability of Networks-on-Chip [Hardcover]

This book presents an overview of the issues related to the test, diagnosis and fault-tolerance of Network on Chip-based systems. It is the first book dedicated to the quality aspects of NoC-based systems and will serve as an invaluable reference to the problems, challenges, solutions, and trade-offs related to designing and implementing state-of-the-art, on-chip communication architectures.

Introduction.- NoC Basics.- Systems-on-Chip Testing.- NoC Reuse for SoC Modular Testing.- Advanced Approaches for NoC Reuse.- Test and Diagnosis of Routers.- Test and Diagnosis of Communication Channels.- Error Control Coding and Retransmission.- Error Location and Reconfiguration.- Concluding Remarks.

This book presents an overview of the issues related to the test, diagnosis and fault-tolerance of Network on Chip-based systems.? It is the first book dedicated to the quality aspects of NoC-based systems and will serve as an invaluable reference to the problems, challenges, solutions, and trade-offs related to designing and implementing state-of-the-art, on-chip communication architectures.??

This book first presents the characteristics of the NoC design (topologies, structures, routers, wrappers, and protocols), as well as a summary of the terms used in the field and an overview of the existing industrial and academic NoCs. Secondly, the main aspects of the test of a NoC-based system are discussed, starting with the test of the embedded cores where the NoC plays an important role. Current test strategies are presented, such as the reuse of the network for core testing, test scheduling for the NoC reuse, test access methods and interface, efficient reuse of the network, anl“\