Title :
Silicon photonic WDM point-to-point network for multi-chip processor interconnects
Author :
Zheng, Xuezhe ; Koka, Pranay ; Schwetman, Herb ; Lexau, Jon ; Ho, Ron ; Cunningham, John E. ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V.
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Phys. Sci. Center, Sun Microsyst., San Diego, CA
Abstract :
We introduce a silicon photonic WDM point-to-point network enabled by novel optical proximity communications. This strictly non-blocking network provides scalable interconnectivity between chips low latency and high bisection bandwidth.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; multiprocessor interconnection networks; optical fibre networks; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; Si; multi-chip processor interconnects; nonblocking network; optical proximity communications; photonic WDM point-to-point network; Bandwidth; Etching; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2008 5th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1769-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1768-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638206
