Title :
Control path implementation for a low-latency optical HPC switch
Author :
Minkenberg, Cyriel ; Abel, Francois ; Müller, Peter ; Krishnamurthy, Raj ; Gusat, Mitchell ; Hemenway, B.R.
Author_Institution :
IBM Res., Ruschlikon, Switzerland
Abstract :
A crucial part of any high-performance computing system is its interconnection network. In the OSMOSIS project, Corning and IBM are jointly developing a demonstrator interconnect based on optical cell switching with electronic control. Starting from the core set of requirements, we present the system design rationale and show how it impacts the practical implementation. Our focus is on solving the technical issues related to the electronic control path, and we show that it is feasible at the targeted design point.
Keywords :
optical computing; optical interconnections; optical storage; optical switches; shared memory systems; telecommunication computing; HPC; IBM; OSMOSIS project; electronic control; high-performance computing system; optical cell switching; optical shared memory supercomputer interconnect system; Computer networks; Consumer electronics; Costs; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Optical control; Optical devices; Optical interconnections; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Osmosis;
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Interconnects, 2005. Proceedings. 13th Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2449-4
DOI :
10.1109/CONECT.2005.15
