Predicting Local Congestion at Fine-grain Levels in Networks-on-Chip Using Spiking Neural Networks

Aqib Javed; Jim Harkin; LJ McDaid; Junxiu Liu

Predicting Local Congestion at Fine-grain Levels in Networks-on-Chip Using Spiking Neural Networks

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Abstract

Networks-on-Chip (NoC) was introduced to achieve
maximum communication performance in on-chip systems. Local
congestion caused by the queuing of data at input channel buffers
constrains NoC latency and throughput performance. NoCs
require a predictive approach to minimize the effects from local
congestion problems. In this paper we proposed a novel fine-grain
congestion prediction approach based on Spiking Neural Network
(SNN), which predicts router congestion with 30 clock cycles look-
ahead capability. Two fine-grain prediction approaches including
router and network models are proposed. The prediction
performances of the models are evaluated and analyzed using both
synthetic and real-time NoC traffic applications. Results show that
the network model is more consistent in fine-grain local congestion
prediction and requires 42% less hardware area than the router
model.

Original language	English
Pages	1-7
Number of pages	7
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 15 Sept 2020
Event	13th International Workshop on Network on Chip Architectures - Online Duration: 18 Oct 2020 → … http://www.nocarc.org/home

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Workshop	13th International Workshop on Network on Chip Architectures
Period	18/10/20 → …
Internet address	http://www.nocarc.org/home

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Keywords

Networks-on-chip
congestion prediction
network traffic
Spiking Neural Networks

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Intelligent hotspot prediction in networks-on-chip using spiking neural networks
Javed, A. (Author), Harkin, J. (Supervisor), Mc Daid, L. (Supervisor) & Liu, J. (Supervisor), May 2024
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Predicting Local Congestion at Fine-grain Levels in Networks-on-Chip Using Spiking Neural Networks

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Intelligent hotspot prediction in networks-on-chip using spiking neural networks

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