The integration of silicon photonics and VLSI electronics for computing systems

Author

Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V. ; Ho, Ron ; Zheng, Xuezhe ; Schwetman, Herb ; Lexau, Jon ; Koka, Pranay ; Li, Guoliang ; Shubin, Ivan ; Cunningham, John E.

Author_Institution

Sun Microsyst. Phys. Sci. Center, San Diego, CA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

15-19 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We review the potential benefits and challenges for achieving optical-interconnects to the chip via the native integration of silicon photonics components with VLSI electronics; and introduce the "macrochip" - a collection of contiguous silicon chips enabled by optical proximity communication.

Keywords

VLSI; elemental semiconductors; integrated memory circuits; integrated optoelectronics; microprocessor chips; multiprocessing systems; optical interconnections; optical links; optical logic; optical storage; silicon; storage management chips; wavelength division multiplexing; Si; VLSI; computing systems; macrochip; memory chips; multi-core processors; optical interconnects; optical links; optical proximity communication; silicon photonics components; wavelength division multiplexing; Delay; Military computing; Optical computing; Optical fiber communication; Optical interconnections; Optical network units; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon; Very large scale integration; optical interconnects; silicon photonics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3857-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3856-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PS.2009.5307781

Filename

5307781