Title :
CMOS photonic processor-memory networks
Author :
Vladimir Stojanović;Ajay Joshi;Cristopher Batten;Yong-Jin Kwon;Scott Beamer;Sun Chen;Krste Asanović
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Abstract :
This paper presents a monolithically integrated dense WDM photonic network for manycore processors, optimized for loss and power footprint of optical components, which can achieve up to 10x better energy-efficiency and throughput than electrical interconnects.
Keywords :
"CMOS process","Optical interconnections","Integrated circuit interconnections","Optical devices","Energy efficiency","Bandwidth","Optical buffering","CMOS technology","Photonic integrated circuits","Optical losses"
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Winter Topicals Meeting Series (WTM), 2010 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5240-8
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTWTM.2010.5421931
