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
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