Author :
Beausoleil, R.G. ; Ahn, J. ; Binkert, N. ; Davis, A. ; Fattal, D. ; Fiorentino, M. ; Jouppi, N.P. ; McLaren, M. ; Santori, C.M. ; Schreiber, R.S. ; Spillane, S.M. ; Vantrease, D. ; Xu, Q.
Abstract :
Silicon nanophotonics holds the promise of revolutionizing computing by enabling parallel architectures that combine unprecedented performance and ease of use with affordable power consumption. Here we describe the results of a detailed multiyear design study of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) on-chip and off-chip interconnects and the device technologies that could improve computing performance by a factor of 20 above industry projections over the next decade.
Keywords :
integrated circuit interconnections; low-power electronics; microprocessor chips; parallel architectures; wavelength division multiplexing; affordable power consumption; dense wavelength division multiplexing; high-performance many-core computation; multiyear design; nanophotonic interconnect; off-chip interconnects; on-chip interconnects; parallel architectures; silicon nanophotonics; Application software; Bandwidth; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Costs; High performance computing; Integrated circuit interconnections; Sockets; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wires;
