Link-wirelength-aware Topology Generation for High Performance Asynchronous NoC Design |
Kim, Sang Heon
(College of Information & Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Lee, Jae Sung (College of Information & Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) Lee, Jae Hoon (College of Information & Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) Han, Tae Hee (College of Information & Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) |
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