Evaluation of the bit error rate in Classic NoCs and Optical NoC

Abstract

A system on chip (SoC) is composed of a large number of intellectual property (IP) blocks on the same silicon. However, as the number of IP blocks on a single chip and their performance continue to increase, a shift from those classic interconnections to optical ones becomes mandatory. This article presents a survey and comparison between an optical link and classic one. In this proposal, the BER (Bit Error Rate) which is one of the main parameter describing the quality of the data link to compare the quality of different systems for data transmission is studied. VCSEL diode and the photodiode communication is implemented using VHDL AMS language.