A fast hierarchical multi-objective mapping approach for mesh-based networks-on-chip

The authors proposes a fast hierarchical multi-objective mapping approach (HMMap) for mesh-based NoC. Based on partition and multi-objective heuristic techniques, HMMap automatically maps large number of IP cores onto NoC architecture and makes good tradeoffs between communication energy and latency. Experimental results show that proposed approach achieves shorter execution time, lower energy and latency compared with others. With the increasing of NoC size, the optimization effect of HMMap becomes more obvious.