Network on chip

A network on a chip, or network on chip (NoC or ), is a network-based communications subsystem on an integrated circuit (chip), most typically between modules in a system on chip (SoC). The modules on the IC are typically semiconductor IP cores schematizing various functions of the computer system, and are designed to be modular in the sense of network science. The network on chip is a router-based packet switching network between SoC modules.