Title :
Optical switching and scalability in datacenters
Author :
Leon-Garcia, Alberto ; Khavari, Khashayar ; Rastegarfar, Houman ; Bigdeli, Alireza
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We compare network designs in terms of scale, density, bandwidth, and uniformity of connectivity. We consider all-electronic switching, all-optical switching and hybrid switching with optical WDM interconnection for a datacenter with 10 million microprocessor cores.
Keywords :
optical interconnections; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; all-electronic switching; all-optical switching; data centers; hybrid switching; microprocessor cores; network designs; optical WDM interconnection; Computers; Magnetic cores; Microprocessors; Optical design; Optical interconnections; Optical switches; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Playa del Carmen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3730-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3731-3
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553677
