• DocumentCode
    1303625
  • Title

    Photonic NoCs: System-Level Design Exploration

  • Author

    Petracca, Michele ; Lee, Benjamin G. ; Bergman, Keren ; Carloni, Luca P.

  • Author_Institution
    Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    74
  • Lastpage
    85
  • Abstract
    Network-on-chip is a key enabling technology to address the challenges of interconnecting the increasing number of cores in emerging chip multiprocessors. By leveraging recent advances in the CMOS integration of photonic devices and the unique properties of the optical medium, photonic NoCs offer a promising solution to meet the communication requirements of chip multiprocessors with minimal draw from their power budget.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated optoelectronics; logic design; network-on-chip; CMOS integration; chip multiprocessor; network-on-chip; optical medium; photonic NoC; photonic devices; power budget; system-level design exploration; Integrated circuit interconnections; Network topology; Network-on-a-chip; Optical modulation; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Power dissipation; Power system interconnection; Switches; System-level design; hardware; interconnection network; networks-on-chip; optical interconnects; silicon photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Micro, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1732
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MM.2009.70
  • Filename
    5209936