Title :
Impact of photonic switch radix on realizing optical interconnection networks for exascale systems
Author :
Rumley, Sebastien ; Glick, Madeleine ; Dutt, Raj ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We investigate the realization of large scale, 100,000-node optical interconnection networks with photonic switch fabrics of varying radices. Although such interconnection networks are realizable with 16-radix switches, radices greater than 40 provide a significant advantage.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; optical switches; 16-radix switches; exascale systems; optical interconnection networks; photonic switch fabrics; photonic switch radix; Bandwidth; Multiprocessor interconnection; Optical interconnections; Optical switches; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2467-7
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2014.6886098
