A retrospective look at xpipes: The exciting ride from a design experience to a design platform for nanoscale networks-on-chip

Abstract

This paper gives a retrospective look at the xpipes framework, and documents its evolution from a promising network-on-chip (NoC) design experience to a comprehensive design platform for the next-generation of nanoscale NoCs. Since the early days of xpipes, its cross-layer approach to NoC design has given a significant contribution to bridge the gap between the NoC concept and an industry-relevant interconnect technology.