The design of today's semiconductor chips for various applications, such as telecommunications, poses various challenges due to the complexity of these systems. These highly complex systems-on-chips demand new approaches to connect and manage the communication between on-chip processing and storage components and networks on chips (NoCs) provide a powerful solution. This book is the first to provide a unified overview of NoC technology. It includes in-depth analysis of all the on-chip communication challenges, from physical wiring implementation up to software architecture, and a complete classification of their various Network-on-Chip approaches and solutions.* Leading-edge research from world-renowned experts in academia and industry with state-of-the-art technology implementations/trends* An integrated presentation not currently available in any other book* A thorough introduction to current design methodologies and chips designed with NoCs

I. Introduction and Motivation
II. Architectures for NoCs
III. Physical network layer
IV. Data-link layer and encoding
V. Switching and Routing in NoCs
VI. Software for NoCs
VII. Tools for NoC Design
VIII. On-Chip multiprocessors
IX. SoCs based on NoCs
Examples of other design chips using NoCs