Multiple instantiation-aware virtual channel assignment and compression in network-on-chip

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing instructions generating a Network on Chip (NoC), the instructions comprising:

• computing a virtual channel mapping that associates each flow of the NoC with a split virtual channel identifier, the split virtual channel identifier comprising a host virtual channel identifier and a discriminant;
• and
• generating the NoC comprising multiply instantiated routers, wherein a design of each of the multiply instantiated routers is configured with allocated virtual channel identifiers according to the virtual channel mapping.

A system comprising, a control module configured to:

• compute a virtual channel mapping that associates each flow of a Network on Chip (NoC) with a split virtual channel identifier, the split virtual channel identifier comprising a host virtual channel identifier and a discriminant;
• and
• generate the NoC comprising multiply instantiated routers, wherein a design of each of the multiply instantiated routers is configured with allocated virtual channel identifiers according to the virtual channel mapping.