Research Article

Combining SDM-Based Circuit Switching with Packet Switching in a Router for On-Chip Networks

Table 1

Average time to set up a path in a SDM-based NoC.

Injection best-effort traffic rate [Packet/Cycle/Node]Average establishment path time in
an SDM-based NoC [Cycles]
Number of subchannels
345

0.0196.1896.4396.44
0.0296.2896.3696.48
0.0396.3396.4296.46
0.0496.4796.4896.61
0.0596.6496.6896.77
0.0696.9897.1197.14
0.0897.4797.6797.47
0.198.4198.5698.59