Optical implementation of various interconnection networks

Author

Bedi, Jathder S. ; Nagpaul, Dolly

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA

fYear

1992

Firstpage

871

Abstract

The use of reversible nonlinear interface devices (RNIs) to design optical interconnection networks for single instruction multiple data (SIMD) machines is proposed. An optical two-by-two switch requires four RNI devices. This design is shown. The basic two-by-two optical switches can be used to construct small and medium-size optical crossbar networks. The performances of the optical versions of Benes, Clos, shuffle exchange, and delta networks are compared

Keywords

multiprocessor interconnection networks; optical information processing; optical interconnections; parallel machines; Benes network; Clos network; SIMD machines; delta networks; optical crossbar networks; optical interconnection networks; optical two-by-two switch; reversible nonlinear interface devices; shuffle exchange; Broadcasting; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Optical switches; Polarization; Switching circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1992., Proceedings of the 35th Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0510-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.1992.271186

Filename

271186

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1618186