RCube: a message routing device using the OMI/HIC high speed link technology

Author

Zerrouk, B. ; Reibaldi, V. ; Potter, F. ; Greiner, A. ; Derieux, A. ; Marbot, R. ; Nezamzadeh, R.

Author_Institution

Lab. MASI, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

13-16 Oct 1996

Firstpage

343

Abstract

RCube is a reconfigurable network switching element that supports any topology and routes data packets of any length. It provides a simple but efficient support for adaptivity. Its architecture is based upon an 8×8 cross-bar with 8 on-chip bidirectional one Gbit/s asynchronous serial links. The serial link technology is developed within the OMI-HIC Esprit Project. It is compliant with the IEEE 1355 standard for one Gbit/s point-to-point asynchronous serial link. RCube has been fabricated in 0.5 μm CMOS process and has a latency of 150 ns

Keywords

CMOS digital integrated circuits; VLSI; data communication equipment; digital communication; field effect transistor switches; packet switching; switching circuits; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication switching; 0.5 micron; 1 Gbit/s; 150 ns; CMOS process; Gbit/s point-to-point asynchronous serial link; IEEE 1355 standard; OMI-HIC Esprit Project; OMI/HIC high speed link technology; RCube; cross-bar architecture; data packet routing; message routing device; onchip bidirectional asynchronous serial links; reconfigurable network switching element; serial link technology; Application specific integrated circuits; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Communications technology; Costs; Delay; Network topology; Packet switching; Robustness; Routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, 1996. ICECS '96., Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rodos

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3650-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.1996.582821

Filename

582821