Title :
Intelligent optical backplanes
Author :
Hinton, H. Scott ; Szymanski, Ted H.
Author_Institution :
Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
The paper describes three intelligent optical backplanes designs based on the smart pixel technology and free space optical interconnects. The applications to be discussed include a dynamically reconfigurable backplane, a space division switching fabric, and a packet based switching fabric
Keywords :
optical interconnections; parallel architectures; smart pixels; dynamically reconfigurable backplane; free space optical interconnects; intelligent optical backplanes; packet based switching fabric; smart pixel technology; space division switching fabric; Aggregates; Backplanes; Electronic packaging thermal management; Integrated circuit interconnections; Optical arrays; Optical devices; Optical interconnections; Optical packet switching; Smart pixels; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections, 1995., Proceedings of the Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7101-7
DOI :
10.1109/MPPOI.1995.528637
