• DocumentCode
    1495935
  • Title

    Global On-Chip Coordination at Light Speed

  • Author

    Zheng Li ; Mohamed, M. ; Hongyu Zhou ; Li Shang ; Mickelson, Alan ; Filipovic, Dimitrije ; Vachharajani, M. ; Xi Chen ; Wounjhang Park ; Yihe Sun

  • Author_Institution
    Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    54
  • Lastpage
    67
  • Abstract
    On-chip optical links are an efficient means of designing the communication backbone for massive multicore chips. Using nanophotonic technology lets designers develop a low-power, low-latency interconnection infrastructure for many-core chips.
  • Keywords
    microprocessor chips; multiprocessing systems; nanophotonics; backbone communication; global onchip coordination; light speed; multicore chips; nanophotonic technology; onchip optical links; Delay; Energy consumption; Integrated circuit interconnections; Nanoscale devices; Network-on-a-chip; Resource management; Throughput; Transportation; Wires; design and test; multicore; nanophotonics; network on chip; on-chip communication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7475
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MDT.2010.75
  • Filename
    5467004