• DocumentCode
    3827573
  • Title

    Building Many-Core Processor-to-DRAM Networks with Monolithic CMOS Silicon Photonics

  • Author

    Christopher Batten;Ajay Joshi;Jason Orcutt;Anatol Khilo;Benjamin Moss;Charles W. Holzwarth;Miloš A. Popovic;Hanqing Li;Henry I. Smith;Judy L. Hoyt;Franz X. Kartner;Rajeev J. Ram;Vladimir Stojanovic;Krste Asanovic

  • Author_Institution
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2009
  • Abstract
    Silicon photonics is a promising technology for addressing memory bandwidth limitations in future many-core processors. This article first introduces a new monolithic silicon-photonic technology, which uses a standard bulk CMOS process to reduce costs and improve energy efficiency, and then explores the logical and physical implications of leveraging this technology in processor-to-memory networks.
  • Keywords
    "CMOS process","Silicon","Photonics","Optical waveguides","CMOS technology","Bandwidth","Random access memory","Optical transmitters","Costs","Energy efficiency"
  • Journal_Title
    IEEE Micro
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1732
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MM.2009.60
  • Filename
    5209931
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3827573