Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chips

TLDR

MPSoCs integrate multiple processors, memory, and on‑chip networks on a single chip, enabling low‑power, real‑time embedded systems and leveraging advanced IP modules built on VLSI techniques. The talk aims to review MPSoC architectures and the design methodologies employed to build them. The authors analyze MPSoC architectural designs and the design methodologies used to construct them.

Abstract

Moore’s Law has reached the point at which we can build single-chips with multiple processors and significant amounts of memory. Multiprocessor systems-on-chips (MPSoCs) have opened up new application areas, such as low-power and real-time embedded systems. This talk will review the architectures of multiprocessor systems-on-chips and the design methodologies used to create them. MPSoCs make use of advanced processors, memory systems, and on-chip networks, often delivered as intellectual property modules. The design methodologies required to design these complex systems build on earlier VLSI techniques but must address many new problems as well.