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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2008
Jin-woo Roh, Suwon-si, KR;
Kang-min Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jin-Woo Roh, Suwon-si, KR;
Kang-Min Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for controlling a power in a Network on Chip (NoC) are provided. The apparatus includes a storage for storing status information of links interconnecting processing elements (PEs), link configuration information for establishing paths between the PEs, and voltage and clock information of the links according to a bandwidth; and a control device for establishing paths between the PEs to transmit data by checking the link configuration information in the storage, and controlling the voltage and the clock of the links by determining the voltage and the clock of the links of the established paths according to a bandwidth required for the data transmission of the PEs.