Title :
A reconfigurable and redundant optically-connected memory system using a silicon photonic switch
Author :
Shiraishi, Tomohiro ; Li, Qifeng ; Liu, Yanbing ; Zhu, Xinen ; Padmaraju, Kishore ; Ding, Ran ; Hochberg, Michael ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a novel optically-connected memory system based on a silicon photonic switch that enables reconfiguration and redundancy. The FPGA-emulated system achieved 10-Gb/s WDM communication between a CPU and two memory nodes.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; field programmable gate arrays; optical interconnections; photonic switching systems; redundancy; silicon; storage management; wavelength division multiplexing; CPU; FPGA-emulated system; WDM communication; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; memory nodes; reconfigurable memory system; redundant optically connected memory system; silicon photonic switch; Adaptive optics; High-speed optical techniques; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th2A.10
