Unacceptable number of repairs leads to company extending warranties. Faulttolerant optimization for applicationspecific network. This thesis does not include proprietary or classi ed information. Plana, senior member, ieee and jeffrey pepper abstractthe systemonchip module described here builds on a grounding in digital hardware and system architecture.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Design and analysis of interconnection architectures for on chip digital systems thesis for the degree of doctor of technology to be presented with due permission for public examination and criticism in tietotalo building, auditorium tb104, at tampere university of technology, on the 21st of june 2004, at 12 noon. Systemonchip test architectures the morgan kaufmann series in systems on silicon series editor. A number of replicated cores work as a multiple processing system cooperate to implement complex tasks core level parallelism example. Need parallel testing or test scheduling test power must be considered nd lneed lowpower di tt hdli design or test scheduling testable design automation need new testable design tools and flow test economic consideration needeed to dete e test st ategy a d. Design of systemonachip test access architectures under. Abstractthe multiprocessor system onchip mpsoc uses multiple cpus along with other hardware subsystems to implement a system. While the potential is huge, the complexities are several, and countering these to offer successful designs is a true engineering challenge. One of the main obstacles of a test cost reduction is the limited number of test channels of the ate while the number of pins in the design increases. The morgan kaufmann series in computer architecture and design includes bibliographical references and index. Optimal test access architectures for system on a chip krishnendu chakrabarty duke university test access is a major problem for corebased system on a chip soc designs. Network on chip advantages structured architecture lower complexity and cost of soc design reuse of components, architectures, design methods and tools efficient and high performance interconnect. In thispaper, weconsider theproblemof designing applicationspeci. Matt rosoff, an analyst at the independent research group directions on microsoft, estimates that.
Intel single chip cloud computer scc, 48 cores martin, g chang, h. Can test with software running on embedded processor. Softwarebased test for nonprogrammable cores in busbased. Improving networkonchipbased turbo decoder architectures.
A collection of all kinds of components andor subsystems that are appropriately interconnected to perform the specified functions for end user soc refers to integrating all components into a single integrated circuit chip introduction what is soc. Decouple embedded core level test from system chip test. Apart from the extra impedance of the two bumps, the path from one chip to the other looks largely like a conventional onchip. This book is a comprehensive guide to new vlsi testing and designfortestability techniques that will allow students, researchers, dft practitioners, and vlsi designers to master quickly systemonchip test architectures, for test debug and diagnosis of digital, memory, and analogmixedsignal designs. Wishbone systemonchip soc interconnection architecture. Since embedded cores in an soc are not directly accessible via chip inputs and outputs, special access mechanisms are required to test them at the system level. Architectures supplements models by specifying how the system will actually be implemented goal of each architecture is to describe number of components type of each component type of each connection among above components general classification applicationspecific architectures. Softwarebased test for nonprogrammable cores in busbased system on chip architectures january 2003 ifip international federation for information processing 200. A collection of all kinds of components andor subsystems that are appropriately interconnected to perform the specified functions for end user soc refers to integrating all components into a.
The quality of the architecture is evaluated based on the area. Design space exploration and performance evaluation of a noc design requires fast simulation infrastructure. Noc architectures, both on regular topologies like 2d mesh networks for chipmultiprocessor applications 36 and on applicationspecific network architectures for custom soc designs 710. Chapter 5 systemnetworksystemnetworkonon chip test.
Pdf arm system onchip architecture, 2nd edition book. A number of test access architectures have been proposed in the literature 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 14. It can be used to transport test patterns from a pattern source to a coreundertest, and to transport test responses from a coreundertest to a response monitor. Performance evaluation for systemonchip architectures. Dedicated infrastructure for data transport decoupling of functionality from communication a plug. Chapter 8 design of applicationspecific 3d networksonchip. This book is a comprehensive guide to new vlsi testing and designfortestability techniques that will allow students, researchers, dft practitioners, and vlsi designers to master quickly systemonchip test architectures, for test debug and diagnosis of. Builtin self test for regular structure embedded cores in. The wishbone1 systemonchip soc interconnection architecture for portable ip cores is a flexible design methodology for use with semiconductor ip cores. Core integration l use of multiple cores within one design with different dft strategies l core testing strategy. Download course information in pdf format coming soon.
Wasas system and cras system architectures as main components, an integrated wampac system architecture roadmap was developed and proposed to enable sce to realize its smart grid strategy. Exploring faulttolerant networkonchip architectures. The benchmark circuits are mapped, placed and routed onto the different fpga architectures using different cad algorithms. Softwarebased test uses an embedded processor as source and sink of the test, sending the test patterns and reading the responses. As the systemonchip soc design becomes more complex, the test costs are increasing.
Many designs have relied on a 2d mesh architecture as the underlying communication fabric. Moreover, a direct onchip implementation of traditional network architectures would lead to significant area and latency overheads. Therefore, the reuse of onchip networks for tam is very attractive and logical. This is accomplished by creating a common interface between ip cores. A new integrated design and test environment has been developed to automatically synthesize test programs to test nonprogrammable cores of socs. A wide range of mpsoc architectures have been developed over the past decade. Wireless network on chip architectures for multi core systems. Systemonchip test architectures request pdf researchgate. Optimal test access architectures for systemonachip. In this issue microprocessors and microsystems launches a new section to recognize this development. A system includes a microprocessor, memory and peripherals. Some systems only only only support one access method while other oss support many access methods.
Integrated system architecture and technology roadmap. Table of contents for system on chip test architectures. This paper surveys the history of mpsocs to argue that they represent an important and distinct category of computer architecture. Its purpose is to foster design reuse by alleviating systemonchip integration problems. Such a microcontroller has an internal d8a16 architecture and is used in. Systemonchip systemonchip has been a nebulous term, that mystically holds out a lot of excitement, and has been gaining momentum in the electronics industry. Abstraction hierarchy regularity design methodology 0. Jan 24, 2008 this book is a comprehensive guide to new vlsi testing and designfortestability techniques that will allow students, researchers, dft practitioners, and vlsi designers to master quickly system on chip test architectures, for test debug and diagnosis of digital, memory, and analogmixedsignal designs. As the system on chip soc design becomes more complex, the test costs are increasing. Covers the entire spectrum of vlsi testing and dft architectures, from digital and analog, to memory circuits, and fault diagnosis and selfrepair from digital to. Due to the interplay between increasing chip capacity and complex applications, systemonchip soc development is confronted by severe challenges, such as managing deep submicron effects, scaling communication architectures and bridging the productivity gap. Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the library of congress catalog. The tests didnt find many bugs, and most of the bugs that i did find this way, i found when i first created the tests.
To test a core in a soc, test stimuli for this core must be. System on chip design and modelling university of cambridge. Soc consists of simple and complex cores, udl, interconnect logic. System on chip systemonachip soc or soc refers to integrating all components of a computer or other electronic system into a single integrated circuit chip.
A hierarchical test scheme for systemonchip designs. Its purpose is to foster design reuse by alleviating system on chip integration problems. It is thus appropriate for thirdyear undergraduate computer science and computer engineering. An analysis of onchip interconnection networks for largescale chip multiprocessors daniel sanchez, george michelogiannakis, and christos kozyrakis stanford university with the number of cores of chip multiprocessors cmps rapidly growing as technology scales down, connecting the different components of a cmp in a scalable and ef. A practical test scheduling using network based tam in. In order to reduce test cost, the testing time for a corebased system should. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. A generic test architecture for conformance, interoperability and performance testing of distributed systems is presented. In networkbased tam, an effective test scheduling for builtin cores is also important to minimize the total test time. Course overview course details course syllabus do i need this course evaluation onsite or custom training. Request pdf systemonchip test architectures modern electronics testing has a legacy of more than 40 years. Details may be adjusted throughout the migration process. Architectures of system chips multicore chip architecture use multiple identical cores to design a chip networkonchip communication infrastructure multiple pointtopoint data links interconnected by switches i.
Chapter 8 design of applicationspecific 3d networkson. A survey of system on chip and network on chip architectures. Architecture amba onchip interconnect specification for soc promotes reuse by defining a common backbone for soc modules using standard bus architectures ahb advanced high performance bus system backbone highperformance, high clock freq. Guerrier and greiner 2000 a generic architecture for onchip packetswitched interconnections hemani et al.
The purpose of this paper is to present a hierarchical test architecture for managing the test operations of diversi. Table of contents for systemonchip test architectures. Systemonchip test architectures guide books acm digital library. Overview of soc architecture design tienfu chen national chung cheng univ. A hierarchical test scheme for system onchip designs jinfu li, hsinjung huang, jengbin chen, chihping su, chengwen wu. Optimal test access architectures for systemonachip krishnendu chakrabarty duke university test access is a major problem for corebased systemonachip soc designs. The wishbone1 system on chip soc interconnection architecture for portable ip cores is a flexible design methodology for use with semiconductor ip cores. Download sample chapter from course text coming soon.
An analysis of onchip interconnection networks for large. In this paper we present an approach that captures the soc functionality for each architecture resource as. Need parallel testing or test scheduling test power must be considered nd lneed lowpower di tt hdli design or test scheduling testable design automation need new testable design tools and flow test economic consideration needeed to dete e test st ategy a d o e a test p a to determine test strategy and overall test plan. Reuse and integration predesigned and preverified hardware and software blocks can be combined on chips for many different applicationsvthey promise large productivity gains. Test architectures for distributed systems state of the art. Sequential access the most common method used by editors and compilers. By resve saleh,fellow ieee,stevewilton,senior member ieee, shahriar mirabbasi, member ieee,alanhu, mark greenstreet. This book is a comprehensive guide to new vlsi testing and designfortestability techniques that will allow students, researchers, dft practitioners, and vlsi designers to master quickly system on chip test architectures, for test debug and diagnosis of digital, memory, and analogmixedsignal designs. Architecture of network systems dimitrios serpanos, tilman wolf. Design and analysis of interconnection architectures for on. Networkonchip noc architectures have emerged as the solution to the onchip communication challenges of multicore embedded processor architectures.
With the emergence of 3d technology, new onchip network architectures are possible. In the present thesis, we investigate implementation aspects and design tradeo. Softwarebased test for nonprogrammable cores in busbased systemonchip architectures january 2003 ifip international federation for information processing 200. A currentday system on a chip soc consists of several different. In this paper, we propose a new efficient test scheduling algorithm for noc based on the reuse of onchip networks. A new multisite test for systemonchip using multisite. Dally wj, towles b 2003 principles and practice of interconnection networks. Jan 28, 2015 system on chip systemonachip soc or soc refers to integrating all components of a computer or other electronic system into a single integrated circuit chip.
Design and analysis of onchip communication for network. To evaluate new cad algorithms and architectures, a number of test circuits required, known as benchmark circuits. To overcome this problem, a new test architecture using a channel sharing compliant with ieee. Efficient performance evaluation methods are of highest importance for a broad search in the solution space. However, the advent and increasing viability of 3d silicon integration technology have opened a new horizon for new onchip intercon. The resulting latency would be prohibitive for most socs. Scalability of communication architecture disadvantages internal network contention can cause a. The processor may be a custom or standard microprocessor, or it could be a specialised media processor for sound, easter term 2011 2 systemonchip dm. To avoid cumbersome format translation for ip cores, soc and core development working groups such as. The generic test architecture extends current test architectures with respect to the types of systems that can be tested.
This test is comprised of individual internal tests for each core onchip test of interconnects between cores and the udl test 3. Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. Reduced feature sizes into the nanoscale regime, along with increasing transistor densities, have transformed the onchip interconnect into a deciding factor in meeting the performance. Ece 1767 university of toronto l there is no direct access to the core cell ports from the primary inputs and primary outputs of the chip. The system ona chip nightmare bridge dma cpu dsp mem ctrl. The modules on the ic are typically semiconductor ip cores schematizing various functions of the computer system, and are designed to be modular in. Builtin self test for regular structure embedded cores in systemonchip except where reference is made to the work of others, the work described in this thesis is my own or was done in collaboration with my advisory committee.
Pdf softwarebased test for nonprogrammable cores in bus. Fixing a broken test took so long that it was as fast to just recreate the test. It may contain digital, analog, or mixedsignal all on one semiconductor chip. Systemonchip department of computing imperial college london.