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Network-on-Chip Benchmark Suite |
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As benchmark programs for microprocessor architectures, NoC traffic patterns are essential tools for NoC performance assessments and architecture explorations. The fidelity of NoC traffic patterns has profound influence on NoC studies. We developed the MCSL (multi-constraint system-level) benchmark suite for NoC design and exploration. MCSL benchmark suite includes a set of traffic patterns based on real applications and covers popular NoC architectures. It captures not only the communication behaviors in NoCs but also the temporal dependencies among them. MCSL is generated by a systematic traffic generation methodology based on real applications. The methodology uses formal computational models to capture both communication and computation requirements of applications. It optimizes application mapping and scheduling to faithfully maximize overall system performance and utilization before extracting realistic traffic patterns. Experiment results show that MCSL benchmark suite can be used to study NoC characteristics more accurately than traditional random traffic patterns. MCSL benchmark suite can be easily incorporated into existing NoC simulators using the included traffic loader. A detailed manual regarding the traffic patterns is also included. Project Member: Weichen Liu, Jiang Xu, Xiaowen Wu, Yaoyao Ye, Xuan Wang, Wei Zhang (NTU), Bin Li (Intel), Ravi Iyer (Intel), Ramesh Illikkal (Intel) Maintained by: Weichen Liu (weichen@ust.hk). If there is any inquiry or suggestion, please do not hesitate to contact us.
AGREEMENT MCSL benchmark suite is made openly available under the following license. Please cite the following paper if you use it for a publication. ● Weichen Liu, Jiang Xu, Xiaowen Wu, Yaoyao Ye, Xuan Wang, Wei Zhang, Mahdi Nikdast, Zhehui Wang, “A NoC Traffic Suite Based on Real Applications,” IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), July 2011. [PDF]
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A tool for NoC research and development |
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