Low Latency Network-on-Chip Router Microarchitecture Using Request Masking Technique

Table 1

The number and size of arbiters used in conventional allocators [10]. represents the number of input ports in an NoC router and is the number of VCs per port.

Allocator type	First-stage arbiter		Second-stage arbiter
	Number	Size	Number	Size
VC		:		() :
SW		:		() :