Title :
Free-space optical interconnections within SIMD massively parallel computers
Author :
Scheer, Patrick ; Collette, Thierry ; Churoux, Pascal
Author_Institution :
CEA, Centre d´´Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Abstract :
Multi-level electronic integration of massively parallel computers leads to latency effects and I/O bottlenecks. A new implementation scheme using MCM-to-MCM free-space optical interconnects is discussed in terms of architecture enhancement, system modeling and technical challenges. Building blocks of an experimental demonstrator including zero-biased-VCSEL with hybridized microlenses are also presented.
Keywords :
optical interconnections; parallel architectures; I/O bottlenecks; MCM-to-MCM free-space optical interconnects; SIMD massively parallel computers; architecture enhancement; free-space optical interconnections; hybridized microlenses; latency effects; massively parallel computers; multilevel electronic integration; system modeling; zero-biased-VCSEL; Application specific integrated circuits; Bandwidth; Calculators; Concurrent computing; Delay; Frequency; Optical computing; Optical interconnections; Optical signal processing; Telecommunication computing;
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.1997.609185
