Title :
Experimental demonstration of end-to-end PCI Express communication over a transparent all-optical photonic interconnection network interface
Author :
Wang, Howard ; Garg, Ajay S. ; Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY
Abstract :
We successfully establish a PCI Express link, demonstrating device recognition between an endpoint device and host computer across an all-optical WDM network interface. Direct Memory Access transfers are demonstrated across the upstream and downstream paths.
Keywords :
file organisation; peripheral interfaces; wavelength division multiplexing; PCI Express link; all-optical WDM network interface; device recognition; direct memory access transfers; downstream path; end-to-end PCI Express communication; endpoint device; host computer; transparent all-optical photonic interconnection network interface; upstream path; Decision support systems; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; (060.4510) Optical communication; (200.0200) Optics in computing; (200.4650) Optical interconnects;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
