A network-on-chip interconnects an array of integrated circuit resources. The network-on-chip includes at least one vertical communications ring per column of the array and at least one horizontal communications ring per row of the array. A network interface is associated with each resource of the array...http://www.google.de/patents/US7965725?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7965725 - Hyper-ring-on-chip (HyRoC) architecture
