• DocumentCode
    1667459
  • 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
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    188
  • Lastpage
    188
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553677
  • Filename
    5553677
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1667459