Introduction to Network-on-Chip Designs and Tests.- Iterative Mapping with Through Silicon Via (TSV) placement for 3D-NoC-based multicore systems.- A constructive Heuristic for integrated mapping and TSV Placement for 3D-NoC-based multicore systems.- Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization for integrated mapping and TSV Placement for 3D-NoC-based multicore systems.- Temperature-aware application mapping strategy for 2D-NoC-based multicore systems.-...