Title :
First experimental demonstration of optically-connected SDRAM across a transparent optical network test-bed
Author :
Brunina, Daniel ; Lai, Caroline P. ; Garg, Ajay S. ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate SDRAM-based memory nodes connected to an emulated microprocessor across a 4 × 4 optical interconnection network utilizing 4 × 2.5-Gb/s wavelength-striped WDM payloads. Error-free performance is verified by a series of SDRAM write and read transactions.
Keywords :
DRAM chips; microprocessor chips; optical interconnections; optical storage; wavelength division multiplexing; SDRAM memory nodes; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s; emulated microprocessor; error-free performance; optical interconnection network; optically-connected SDRAM; transparent optical network; wavelength-striped WDM payloads;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5699041
