Title :
Optical versus electrical clock system in future VLSI technologies
Author :
Tasik, G. ; Gaffiot, F. ; Lisik, Z. ; O´Connor, Ian
Author_Institution :
Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Ecully, France
Abstract :
The use of optics is considered to be an alternative solution that could overcome the limitations of metallic interconnects. In this paper, we present a quantitative analysis of the performance gains of using optical interconnect for clock distribution in terms of power and frequency. We present detailed comparative simulations of the features of optical and electrical H-tree clock networks.
Keywords :
VLSI; clocks; integrated circuit interconnections; optical interconnections; CDN; H-tree clock networks; VLSI systems; clock distribution networks; electrical interconnects; metallic interconnects; optical interconnects; Clocks; High speed optical techniques; Optical buffering; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
SOC Conference, 2003. Proceedings. IEEE International [Systems-on-Chip]
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8182-3
DOI :
10.1109/SOC.2003.1241511
