Open-Scale: A Scalable, Open-Source NOC-based MPSoC for Design Space Exploration

Remi Busseuil (1) , Lyonel Barthe (1) , Gabriel Marchesan Almeida (1) , Luciano Ost (1) , Florent Bruguier (1) , Gilles Sassatelli (1) , Pascal Benoit (1) , Michel Robert (1) , Lionel Torres (1)

1 SysMIC - Conception et Test de Systèmes MICroélectroniques

As complexity of embedded system increases, configurable hardware is becoming more attractive because it provides a fast and efficient basis for design development. As a consequence, one of the most promising embedded architecture consists in the replication of Processing Elements (PEs) connected through a Network-on-Chip (NoC). Such architectures provide computation parallelism, scalability, and reduced design time thanks to reusability. This paper describes the development of a scalable, distributed memory, open-source NoC-based platform called Open-Scale and its implementation into FPGA devices. The main objective of this platform is to provide a complete framework for research development on NoC-based distributed memory MPSoCs.

Mots clés: NoC; RTOS; MPSoCs

Domaines: Micro et nanotechnologies/Microélectronique

Remi Busseuil, Lyonel Barthe, Gabriel Marchesan Almeida, Luciano Ost, Florent Bruguier, et al.. Open-Scale: A Scalable, Open-Source NOC-based MPSoC for Design Space Exploration. ReConFig 2011 - International Conference on Reconfigurable Computing and FPGAs, Nov 2011, Cancun, Mexico. pp.357-362, ⟨10.1109/ReConFig.2011.66⟩. ⟨hal-01139181⟩