The Partitioned Optical Passive Stars (POPS) topology

Author

Gravenstreter, G. ; Melhem, R.G. ; Chiarulli, D.M. ; Levitan, S.P. ; Teza, J.P.

Author_Institution

Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

25-28 Apr 1995

Firstpage

4

Lastpage

10

Abstract

This paper presents and analyzes a topological approach to providing multiple data channels using current technologies. The Partitioned Optical Passive Stars (POPS) topology is an all-optical interconnection architecture that uses multiple non-hierarchical couplers. POPS topologies provide powerful configurability for optimization of system complexity, network throughput, power budget, and control overhead. It is shown that high performance and utilization is achieved for random communication patterns. POPS topologies maintain these characteristics even when scaled to large systems

Keywords

multiprocessor interconnection networks; optical couplers; optical interconnections; optimisation; parallel architectures; performance evaluation; reconfigurable architectures; POPS topology; Partitioned Optical Passive Stars topology; all-optical interconnection architecture; configurability; control overhead; high performance; large systems; multiple data channels; multiple nonhierarchical couplers; network throughput; optimization; power budget; random communication patterns; system complexity; Circuit topology; Computer networks; Control systems; Couplers; Network topology; Optical interconnections; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Throughput; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel Processing Symposium, 1995. Proceedings., 9th International

Conference_Location

Santa Barbara, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7074-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPPS.1995.395906

Filename

395906