System Level Assessment of an Optical NoC in an MPSoC Platform

Author

Brière, M. ; Girodias, B. ; Bouchebaba, Y. ; Nicolescu, G. ; Mieyeville, F. ; Gaffiot, F. ; Connor, I.O.

Author_Institution

Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Que.

fYear

2007

fDate

16-20 April 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In the near future, multi-processor systems-on-chip (MPSoC) will become the main thrust driving the evolution of integrated circuits. MPSoCs introduce new challenges, mainly due to growing communication through their interconnect structure. Current electrical interconnects face hard challenges to overcome such data flows. Integrated optical interconnect is a potential technological improvement to reduce these problems. The main contributions of this paper are: i) the optical network integration in a system-level MPSoC platform; and ii) the quantitative evaluation of optical interconnect for MPSoC design using a multimedia application

Keywords

integrated optoelectronics; multiprocessor interconnection networks; network-on-chip; optical interconnections; MPSoC platform; integrated optical interconnect; multi-processor systems-on-chip; multimedia application; optical NoC; optical network integration; system level assessment; Bandwidth; CMOS technology; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit technology; Integrated optics; Network-on-a-chip; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical network units;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition, 2007. DATE '07

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

978-3-9810801-2-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DATE.2007.364438

Filename

4211948