• DocumentCode
    1779204
  • Title

    Scalable and high performance HPC architecture with optical interconnects

  • Author

    Zheng Cao ; Proietti, Roberto ; Yoo, S.J.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    12-16 Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    180
  • Lastpage
    181
  • Abstract
    We propose a HPC architecture that overcomes I/O limitations by exploiting silicon photonics and optical backplanes with WDM wavelength routing. Compared with fat-tree, 2.5 times throughput with 20% less global switches and cables is achieved.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical backplanes; optical computing; silicon; HPC architecture; I/O limitations; Si; WDM wavelength routing; cables; global switches; optical backplanes; optical interconnects; silicon photonics; Backplanes; Computer architecture; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical switches; Relays;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995307
  • Filename
    6995307