• DocumentCode
    710454
  • Title

    Performance analysis and layout design of optical blades for HPCs using the OptoBoard-Sim simulator

  • Author

    Markou, S. ; Siokis, A. ; Maniotis, P. ; Christodoulopoulos, K. ; Varvarigos, E. ; Pleros, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    20-22 April 2015
  • Firstpage
    4
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the Optical Board Simulator platform for optical PCB layout design and performance evaluation. Performance of two optical Blades is compared to CRAY-XK7 Blade for the FFTW benchmark, revealing significant throughput and latency improvements.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical interconnections; parallel processing; printed circuit layout; CRAY-XK7 blade; FFTW benchmark; HPC; OptoBoard-Sim simulator; high performance computing; latency improvements; layout design; optical PCB; optical blades; optical board simulator platform; performance analysis; printed circuit board; Blades; Integrated circuit interconnections; Layout; Optical interconnections; Optical waveguides; Throughput;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), 2015 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-8178-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OIC.2015.7115660
  • Filename
    7115660