DocumentCode
2236822
Title
Optical switching for next generation data centers
Author
Glick, M.
Author_Institution
Intel Labs., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
15-19 Sept. 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Optics is making increasing commercial headway into point-to-point links for data centers and supercomputers. For optical switching however, progress needs to be made in cost and system integration. Tradeoffs are discussed emphasizing data center applications.
Keywords
computer centres; computer networks; mainframes; optical interconnections; optical links; optical switches; computer cluster; computer networks; data center interconnection networks; hybrid electrical-optical interconnection networks; network congestion; next generation data centers; point-to-point links; power consumption; supercomputers; Application software; Bandwidth; Biomedical optical imaging; Blades; Costs; Energy consumption; Network servers; Optical interconnections; Optical sensors; Switches; data centers; optical interconnect; optical network;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location
Pisa
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-3856-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PS.2009.5307784
Filename
5307784
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