Title :
The chip-multithreading architecture and parallel optical interconnects
Author :
Huang, Dawei ; Sze, Theresa ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V. ; Alamo, A.D. ; Beckman, Dan ; Fazelpour, Siamak ; Davidson, Howard ; Cooley, John ; Lytel, Rick
Author_Institution :
Phys. Sci. Center, Sun MicroSystems Inc., USA
Abstract :
Tens of terabits-per-second bandwidth will be required for revolutionary chip-multithreading (CMT) architectures. In this presentation, we will review the technical challenges for electrical signaling and discuss how parallel optical interconnects could be valuable in CMT architectures.
Keywords :
multi-threading; optical computing; optical interconnections; reviews; chip-multithreading architecture; electrical signaling; parallel optical interconnects; revolutionary chip-multithreading architecture; technical challenge; terabits-per-second bandwidth; Bandwidth; Clocks; Crosstalk; Jitter; Multithreading; Optical interconnections; Packaging; Pins; Throughput; Yarn;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8306-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338714
