Title :
Optical switching for next generation data centers
Author_Institution :
Intel Labs., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
Optics is making increasing commercial headway into point-to-point links for data centers and supercomputers. For optical switching however, progress needs to be made in cost and system integration. Tradeoffs are discussed emphasizing data center applications.
Keywords :
computer centres; computer networks; mainframes; optical interconnections; optical links; optical switches; computer cluster; computer networks; data center interconnection networks; hybrid electrical-optical interconnection networks; network congestion; next generation data centers; point-to-point links; power consumption; supercomputers; Application software; Bandwidth; Biomedical optical imaging; Blades; Costs; Energy consumption; Network servers; Optical interconnections; Optical sensors; Switches; data centers; optical interconnect; optical network;
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
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307784
