Title :
Wavelength tunable reconfigurable optical interconnection network for shared-memory machines
Author :
Heirman, W. ; Artundo, I. ; Carvajal, D. ; Desmet, L. ; Dambre, J. ; Debaes, C. ; Thienpont, H. ; Van Campenhout, J.
Author_Institution :
ELIS Dept., Ghent Univ., Belgium
Abstract :
Novel, cheap optical components allow for reconfigurable interconnection networks inside multiprocessor systems. In this paper, we introduce some of these components, their limitations, and present simulations that show the resulting speedup of these multiprocessor systems.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; optical tuning; shared memory systems; cheap optical components; multiprocessor systems; reconfigurable interconnection network; shared-memory machines; wavelength tunable optical network;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
