Inventors

Han Jin Ho, Cho Han Jin, Bae Young Hwan, Chang June Young

Application No.

11300731 (2005.12.14)

Publication No.

20060146811 (2006.07.06)

Registration No.

7711787 (2010.05.04)

Country

UNITED STATES

Project Code

04MB5500, Development of On-Chip Network Based SoC Platform, Cho Han Jin

Abstract

An on-chip network interfacing apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of on-chip network ports; a switch receiving data from a first on-chip network port of the on-chip network ports and transmitting the received data to a second on-chip network port of the on-chip network ports; and an interface unit interfacing an advanced microcontroller bus architecture (AMBA) signal received from an module, which is designed according to an AMBA on-chip bus protocol, and outputting the interfacing result to the first on-chip network port; and interfacing the on-chip network signal received from the first on-chip network port, and outputting the interfacing result to the module. Accordingly, it is possible to establish communications at increased speeds by interfacing a signal according to the AMBA 2.0 on-chip bus protocol with a signal according to the on-chip network protocol.

KSP Keywords

Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture(AMBA), Bus Architecture, Interfacing apparatus, Network port, Network protocols, On-Chip Network, bus protocol, chip network, on-chip, on-chip bus