Network on chip (NoC) with QoS features
US8316171B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 13, 2010 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 2, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/302
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Quality-of-Servitrce (QoS) is an important system-level requirement in the design and implementation of on-chip networks. QoS requirements can be implemented in an on-chip-interconnect by providing for at least two signals indicating priority at a transaction-level interface where one signal transfers information in-band with the transaction and the other signal transfers information out-of-band with the transaction. The signals can be processed by the on-chip-interconnect to deliver the required QoS. In addition, the disclosed embodiments can be extended to a Network-on-Chip (NoC).
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