Title :
Design of a speculative network adapter for shared memory communications in 45 nm CMOS
Author :
Van Laer, Anouk ; Watts, Philip M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
The system impact of edge buffering required in optical networks is often overlooked. We quantify the timing, area and power characteristics of a speculative optical network adapter designed for high performance shared memory servers.
Keywords :
CMOS memory circuits; network servers; optical interconnections; CMOS; edge buffering; high performance shared memory servers; optical networks; shared memory communications; size 45 nm; speculative optical network adapter; Availability; CMOS integrated circuits; Clocks; Educational institutions; Memory management; Optical fiber networks; System-on-a-chip;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1620-1
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2012.6224446
