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Streaming bridge design with host interfaces and network on chip (NoC) layers

US9699079B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 2013
Grant dateJul 4, 2017
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L49/109
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods described herein are directed to streaming bridge design implementations that help interconnect and transfer transaction packets between multiple source and destination host interfaces through a Network on Chip (NoC) interconnect, which includes a plurality of NoC router layers and virtual channels (VCs) connecting the router layers. Implementations are configured to support a variety of different traffic profiles, each having a different set of traffic flows. Streaming bridge design implementation can divide streaming bridge into a streaming TX bridge and a streaming RX bridge, wherein TX bridge is operatively coupled with host TX interfaces and RX bridge is operatively coupled with host RX interfaces, and where TX bridge forwards transaction packets from host TX interfaces to different router layers/VCs of NoC, and RX bridge, on the other hand, receives packets from NoC router layers/VCs and transmits the packets to host RX interfaces based on Quality of Service.

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