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
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