Network-on-chip using request and reply trees for low-latency processor-memory communication

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PATENT NO 9703707
APP PUB NO 20140156929A1
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13693399

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A NOC comprises a die having a cache and a core area, a plurality of core tiles arranged in the core area in a plurality of subsets, at least one cache memory bank arranged in the cache area, whereby the at least one cache memory bank is distinct from each of the plurality of core files. The NOC further comprises an interconnect fabric comprising a request tree to connect to a first cache memory bank of the at least one cache memory bank, each core tile of a first one of the subsets, the first subset corresponding to the first cache memory bank, such that each core tile is connected to the first cache memory bank only, and a reply tree to connect the first cache memory bank to each core tile of the first subset.

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ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)EPFL INNOVATION PARK BUILDING I LAUSANNE 1015

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Falsafi, Babak Chexbres, CH 6 128
Grot, Boris Lausanne, CH 7 148
Lotfi, Kamran Pejman Chavannes-Renens, CH 1 25

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