Cell BE - A Network on a Chip
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| - | Network on a chip is a paradigm in the design of parallel hardware architecture. It differs from System on a chip (SOC) by featuring generic communication channels between processor elements instead of specialized buses to simplify chip design. Network on a chip systems have the ability to have processing elements operating on different data elements simultaneously without special framework. These characteristics allow better energy-performance characteristics. The Cell Broadband Engine (Cell BE) is a network on a chip design in production by Sony, Toshiba and IBM (STI). The Cell BE demonstrates these characteristics in a high performance, scalable production architecture. | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_On_Chip ''Network on a chip''] ('''NOC''') is a paradigm in the design of parallel hardware architecture. It differs from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System-on-a-chip ''System on a chip''] ('''SOC''') by featuring generic communication channels between processor elements instead of specialized buses to simplify chip design. Network on a chip systems have the ability to have processing elements operating on different data elements simultaneously without special framework. These characteristics allow better energy-performance characteristics[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_On_Chip <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(microprocessor) ''Cell Broadband Engine''] ('''Cell BE''') is a network on a chip design in production by Sony, Toshiba and IBM (STI). The Cell BE demonstrates these characteristics in a high performance, scalable production architecture. |
== Hardware Layout == | == Hardware Layout == | ||
| + | [[Image:ipn Cell-Processor.jpg|thumb|750px|The Cell BE Microprocessor]] | ||
== Component Interaction == | == Component Interaction == | ||
== Scalability == | == Scalability == | ||
| + | === Roadrunner === | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
| + | <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_On_Chip | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System-on-a-chip System on a Chip Wikipedia Article] | ||
--[[User:adamssw|adamssw]] 11:18 AM, 11 April 2009 (EDT) | --[[User:adamssw|adamssw]] 11:18 AM, 11 April 2009 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 22:26, 12 April 2009
Network on a chip (NOC) is a paradigm in the design of parallel hardware architecture. It differs from System on a chip (SOC) by featuring generic communication channels between processor elements instead of specialized buses to simplify chip design. Network on a chip systems have the ability to have processing elements operating on different data elements simultaneously without special framework. These characteristics allow better energy-performance characteristics[1]. The Cell Broadband Engine (Cell BE) is a network on a chip design in production by Sony, Toshiba and IBM (STI). The Cell BE demonstrates these characteristics in a high performance, scalable production architecture.
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Hardware Layout
Component Interaction
Scalability
Roadrunner
References
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_On_Chip
See Also
External Links
--adamssw 11:18 AM, 11 April 2009 (EDT)
