• DocumentCode
    1793560
  • Title

    A reconfigurable and redundant optically-connected memory system using a silicon photonic switch

  • Author

    Shiraishi, Tomohiro ; Li, Qifeng ; Liu, Yanbing ; Zhu, Xinen ; Padmaraju, Kishore ; Ding, Ran ; Hochberg, Michael ; Bergman, Keren

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a novel optically-connected memory system based on a silicon photonic switch that enables reconfiguration and redundancy. The FPGA-emulated system achieved 10-Gb/s WDM communication between a CPU and two memory nodes.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; field programmable gate arrays; optical interconnections; photonic switching systems; redundancy; silicon; storage management; wavelength division multiplexing; CPU; FPGA-emulated system; WDM communication; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; memory nodes; reconfigurable memory system; redundant optically connected memory system; silicon photonic switch; Adaptive optics; High-speed optical techniques; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.Th2A.10
  • Filename
    6886688