Title :
Commercial MPP networks: Time for optics?
Author :
Stunkel, Craig B.
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
Today´s commercial MPP machines do not employ optics within their interconnection networks. In this paper we identify several recent trends in MPP networks and attempt to predict how these trends will affect the incorporation of optical interconnect technologies in the near future. We also recognize that successful commercial systems tend to change in an evolutionary fashion, and some possible evolutionary scenarios are discussed.
Keywords :
optical interconnections; parallel architectures; parallel machines; technological forecasting; MPP machines; MPP networks; commercial systems; evolutionary scenarios; future; interconnection networks; optical interconnect; Bandwidth; Communication switching; Copper; Delay; Memory architecture; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical sensors; Stimulated emission; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections, 1997., Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7975-1
DOI :
10.1109/MPPOI.1997.609123
