Dynamic network-on-chip throttling
AssigneeAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.
InventorsNarendra Kamat, Vydhyanathan Kalyanasundharam, Gregg Donley, Ashwin Chincholi
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Abstract
Dynamic network-on-chip traffic throttling, including: determining, by a detector module of a network-on-chip, that a predefined condition is met; sending, by the detector module, a signal to a mediator module of the network-on-chip; and sending, in response to the signal, by the mediator module, an indication to a plurality of agents to implement a traffic throttling policy.
Claims20
A method of dynamic network-on-chip traffic throttling, the method comprising:
- implementing a traffic throttling policy for a network-on-chip of a system-on-chip (SoC) in response to a predefined condition being met by sending an indication to a plurality of traffic generating agents of the SoC to implement the traffic throttling policy using an unrouted signal path between a mediator circuit of the network-on-chip and the plurality of traffic generating agents, wherein the unrouted signal path does not include one or more routing agents.
A chip for dynamic network-on-chip traffic throttling, the chip comprising:
- a plurality of traffic generating agents;
- a mediator circuit;
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- a network-on-chip configured to:
- implement a traffic throttling policy for the network-on-chip in response to a predefined condition being met by sending an indication to the plurality of traffic generating agents to implement the traffic throttling policy using an unrouted signal path between the mediator circuit of the network-on-chip and the plurality of traffic generating agents, wherein the unrouted signal path does not include one or more routing agents.
An apparatus for dynamic network-on-chip traffic throttling, comprising:
- a system-on-chip comprising a network-on-chip and a plurality of traffic generating agents coupled by the network-on-chip, the system-on-chip configured to:
- implement a traffic throttling policy for the network-on-chip in response to a predefined condition being met by sending an indication to the plurality of traffic generating agents to implement the traffic throttling policy using an unrouted signal path between a mediator circuit of the network-on-chip and the plurality of traffic generating agents, wherein the unrouted signal path does not include one or more routing agents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.