Title :
Optics in supercomputers
Author :
Offrein, Bert Jan ; Pepeljugoski, Petar
Author_Institution :
IBM Res. GmbH, Ruschlikon, Switzerland
Abstract :
Intra-system interconnects bandwidth becomes a critical factor in performance scaling of supercomputers and server systems. The requirements, status and prospects of optical technology for the board and chip level will be reviewed.
Keywords :
mainframes; optical interconnections; parallel machines; queueing theory; board and chip level; intra-system interconnects bandwidth; optics; performance scaling; supercomputers and server systems; Assembly; Bandwidth; Integrated optics; Optical computing; Optical fiber cables; Optical interconnections; Optical waveguides; Printed circuits; Supercomputers; Transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
