Title :
Wavelength-striped multicasting of optically-connected memory for large-scale computing systems
Author :
Brunina, Daniel ; Lai, Caroline P. ; Garg, Ajay S. ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the broadband multicasting of optically-connected memory between multiple SDRAM nodes and an emulated microprocessor on an optical network test-bed. 4×2.5-Gb/s wavelength-striped memory messages are multicasted error-free (BER<;10-12).
Keywords :
DRAM chips; broadband networks; error statistics; microprocessor chips; multicast communication; optical computing; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; SDRAM node; bit error rate; broadband multicasting; large-scale computing system; microprocessor; multicasted error-free; optical network test-bed; optically-connected memory; wavelength-striped memory message; wavelength-striped multicasting; Adaptive optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Program processors; SDRAM;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
