Interconnects: Networks-on-Chip

This lecture covers the challenges and solutions related to cache partitioning in many-core systems, focusing on the Vantage scheme that supports fine-grain cache partitioning. It discusses different partitioning techniques, such as way partitioning and PIPP, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. The lecture also explores the Managed-Unmanaged Region Division and Multiple Partitions in Managed Region concepts. Furthermore, it delves into the Vantage scheme, which enables cache partitioning for many-core systems by providing high associativity per partition and strict isolation among partitions. The lecture concludes with a comparison of different partitioning schemes and an introduction to interconnects, including topologies, routing, flow control, and Networks-on-Chip.