Title :
Design of on-chip networks using microring-resonator based nanophotonic crossbar for future multicores
Author :
Morris, Randy W. ; Kodi, Avinash K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Ohio Univ., Athens, OH, USA
Abstract :
We propose a microring resonator based nanophotonic crossbar to implement a 256-core network-on-chip architecture called E-PROPEL. Our results indicate E-PROPEL consumes 3× less power and increases performance by 2× when compared to leading electrical networks.
Keywords :
microcavities; nanophotonics; network-on-chip; optical resonators; E-PROPEL; microring resonator; multicores; nanophotonic crossbar; network-on-chip architecture; on-chip networks;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5699009
