Title :
Optical I/O technology for tera-scale computing
Author :
Young, Ian ; Mohammed, Edris ; Liao, Jason ; Kern, Alexandra ; Palermo, Samuel ; Block, Bruce ; Reshotko, Miriam ; Chang, Peter
Author_Institution :
Intel, Hillsboro, OR
Abstract :
Optical interconnect with its terahertz bandwidth, low loss, and low cross-talk has been proposed to replace electrical interconnect between chips [1]. This paper describes results for both near and long-term chip-to-chip optical interconnect architectures.
Keywords :
input-output programs; integrated optoelectronics; microprocessor chips; optical interconnections; cross-talk; electrical interconnect; optical I-O technology; optical interconnect; tera-scale computing; CMOS technology; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; High speed optical techniques; Optical computing; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical polymers; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference - Digest of Technical Papers, 2009. ISSCC 2009. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3458-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2009.4977511
