Title :
Optical interconnects for intrachip global communication: motivation & validation
Author :
Haney, Michael W. ; Iqbal, Muzammil ; McFadden, Michael J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA
Abstract :
Optical interconnects have the potential to prevent the performance saturation due to the limitations of global wires in future microchips. Global communication issues are analyzed and potential optical interconnect-based solutions are motivated and validated.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; microprocessor chips; optical interconnections; global wires; intrachip global communication; microchips; optical interconnects; performance saturation; Bandwidth; Delay; Global communication; Integrated circuit interconnections; Logic; Microprocessors; Optical interconnections; Power system interconnection; System buses; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1547951
