DocumentCode
2631558
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
fYear
2005
fDate
22-28 Oct. 2005
Firstpage
206
Lastpage
207
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9217-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1547951
Filename
1547951
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