Title :
Energy-efficient optical broadcast for nanophotonic networks-on-chip
Author :
Li, Cheng ; Browning, Mark ; Gratz, Paul V. ; Palermo, Samuel
Abstract :
Broadcast packets are a significant fraction of network-on-chip traffic. Nanophotonics can improve performance for this type of traffic. We present an efficient implementation of broadcast in nanophotonic networks and show it improves performance significantly.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; network-on-chip; energy-efficient optical broadcast packets; nanophotonic networks-on-chip; network-on-chip traffic; performance improvement; Optical feedback; Optical receivers; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Broadcast Packets; Nanophotonic; NoC;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1620-1
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2012.6224445
