Fabrication and testing of AMOEBA: an opto-electronic switch for multiprocessor networking

Author

Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V. ; Ford, Joseph E. ; Goossen, K.W. ; Walker, James Alfred ; Tseng, B. ; Huiq, S.P. ; Cunningham, John E.

Author_Institution

Bell Lab., Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

5-9 Aug. 1996

Firstpage

95

Lastpage

96

Abstract

We present a novel application of opto-electronic/VLSI technology to the AMOEBA switch: an Asynchronous Multiprocessor Opto-Electronic Bit-sliced Array switch. The AMOEBA switch is intended to function as a high-performance single-chip central switch on a data network serving multiple processors or computers. The purpose of the opto-electronic/VLSI chip is to provide byte-wide, switched optical interconnection at the processor clock rate.

Keywords

bit-slice computers; integrated optoelectronics; multiprocessor interconnection networks; optical computing; optical interconnections; optical switches; AMOEBA; VLSI technology; asynchronous multiprocessor optoelectronic bit-sliced array switch; multiprocessor network; optical interconnection; optoelectronic switch; CMOS technology; Clocks; Computer networks; Fabrication; Integrated circuit interconnections; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Testing; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Applications of Lasers in Materials Processing/Broadband Optical Networks/Smart Pixels/Optical MEMs and Their Applications. IEEE/LEOS 1996 Summer Topical Meetings:

Conference_Location

Keystone, CO, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3175-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.1996.540760

Filename

540760