Title :
IntraChip Optical Networks for a Future Supercomputer-on-a-Chip
Author_Institution :
IBM Res., Yorktown Heights
Abstract :
Si photonics for on- and off-chip communications in future multicore microprocessor chips is considered. Using 3D integration to combine an on-chip optical network plane with a separate microprocessor plane can significantly improve the performance/watt of multicore chips.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; multiprocessing systems; parallel machines; intrachip optical networks; multicore microprocessor chips; silicon photonics; supercomputer-on-a-chip; Bandwidth; Microprocessors; Optical attenuators; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Photonics; Stimulated emission; 3D integration; microprocessors; silicon photonics; supercomputing;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2007
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1122-X
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2007.4300741
