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Index
Transient fault controlling techniques
(Continued)
error correction, 220–221
error detection and
retransmission, 216–220, 217f
intra-router error control, 205–210
Transport layer, 5
Travelling salesman problem (TSP), 141
Tree-based topologies, limitations of,
114–115
Triple modular redundancy (TMR)
technique, 204, 218
Triplication error correction coding,
225, 225f
Two-dimensional integrated circuit
(2D IC), 8
U
Ultra-deep submicron (UDSM), 155, 220
Unicast cost function, 242
Unicast mode, 239
data transfer, 240f
transport, 241f
Unified coding framework,
221–227,  222f
joint CAC and ECC scheme
(CAC + ECC), 224–227, 225t
joint CAC and LPC scheme
(CAC + LPC), 222–223, 223f
joint CAC, LPC, and ECC scheme
(CAC + LPC + ECC), 227
joint LPC and ECC scheme
(LPC + ECC), 223–224, 224f
V
VC allocation, 64
VC allocator (VCA), 205
error, 206
VC router architecture design, 63–70
input channel module, 65, 66f
modified, 65f
nonspeculative, 64f
output links, 66–70
(P – 1)*V, 66, 67f
switch allocator, 69–70, 69f
VC allocator, 66, 68f, 69
Very large scale integration (VLSI),
158, 191
Victim line, 237
Video object plane decoder
(VOPD), 119

application graph for, 121f

block diagram of, 120f

Virtual channel (VC), 187
Virtual cut-through (VCT) packet
switching techniques, 29
Virtual ground (VGND), 187
Voltage–frequency island (VFI)
2D mesh network with, 185f
interface between voltages, 187f
partitioning, 155, 185–186
W
Wavelength-division multiplexing
(WDM), 354
Wire
parasitic components of,
192–193, 193f

self-capacitance, 191–192

test sequence for, 238t

Wireless NoC (WiNoC), 318, 354–355,
356f
Wormhole (WH) router, 78
architecture design, 57–63
connections for, 59f
data path, 63f
input channel module, 58
leaf level nodes, 60f
output channel module, 58, 61–63
priority logic, 61, 61f
connectivity, number and frequency
of, 79t
MoT with NoC having, comparison
of, 93–103
accepted traffic vs. offered load,
97, 97f
energy consumption, 102–103,
102f, 103f
L avg under localized traffic, 99–101,
99t, 100f, 101f
network area estimation, 94–95,
94t, 95t
network aspect ratio, 96–97, 96t