DocumentCode
1899879
Title
Comparisons between electrical and optical interconnects for on-chip signaling
Author
Kapur, Pawan ; Saraswat, Krishna C.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
fYear
2002
fDate
2002
Firstpage
89
Lastpage
91
Abstract
We present a comparison between electrical wires driven by repeaters and optical interconnects from both delay and power perspective. This involved properly modeling the power and delay of each component in an optical signaling system as well as repeated wires. We show that it is favorable to switch to optical interconnects for global signaling, on both power and delay account, for long wires. Whereas, shorter wires favor an electrical operation on lower power grounds.
Keywords
delay estimation; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit modelling; optical interconnections; delay modeling; electrical interconnects; electrical wires; global signaling; on-chip signaling; optical interconnects; optical signaling system; power modeling; repeated wires; Optical buffering; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Power system modeling; Propagation delay; Wires;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Interconnect Technology Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the IEEE 2002 International
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7216-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IITC.2002.1014897
Filename
1014897
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