Title :
Global On-Chip Coordination at Light Speed
Author :
Zheng Li ; Mohamed, M. ; Hongyu Zhou ; Li Shang ; Mickelson, Alan ; Filipovic, Dimitrije ; Vachharajani, M. ; Xi Chen ; Wounjhang Park ; Yihe Sun
Author_Institution :
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
On-chip optical links are an efficient means of designing the communication backbone for massive multicore chips. Using nanophotonic technology lets designers develop a low-power, low-latency interconnection infrastructure for many-core chips.
Keywords :
microprocessor chips; multiprocessing systems; nanophotonics; backbone communication; global onchip coordination; light speed; multicore chips; nanophotonic technology; onchip optical links; Delay; Energy consumption; Integrated circuit interconnections; Nanoscale devices; Network-on-a-chip; Resource management; Throughput; Transportation; Wires; design and test; multicore; nanophotonics; network on chip; on-chip communication;
Journal_Title :
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MDT.2010.75
