DocumentCode
2113555
Title
A scaled CMOS platform for photonics
Author
Ram, R.J.
Author_Institution
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
8-12 Sept. 2013
Firstpage
649
Lastpage
650
Abstract
CMOS photonics applications include medium reach links for data center backhaul, short reach links for optical backplanes, optical implementations of peripheral hardware bus (PCI-type), memory-to-core links, and core-to-core links. Here we consider one particular application - memory-to-core links required for the continued scaling of multicore microprocessors.
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; microprocessor chips; multiprocessing systems; optical backplanes; CMOS photonics; core-to-core links; data center backhaul; memory-to-core links; multicore microprocessors; optical backplanes; peripheral hardware bus; scaled CMOS platform; short reach links; Bandwidth; CMOS integrated circuits; Microprocessors; Multicore processing; Photonics; Pins; Program processors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1506-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656462
Filename
6656462
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