Title :
Nanophotonic Optical Interconnection Network Architecture for On-Chip and Off-Chip Communications
Author :
Howard Wang ; Petracca, M. ; Biberman, A. ; Lee, Byeong ; Carloni, Luca P. ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
An architecture for an integrated low-power, high-bandwidth optical interconnection network based on microring resonator technology is presented. The layout of the non-blocking network is described and a simulation-based performance evaluation is conducted.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical interconnections; optical switches; microring resonator technology; nanophotonics; nonblocking network; nonblocking switch element; off-chip communication; on-chip communication; optical interconnection network architecture; simulation-based performance evaluation; Communication switching; Computer architecture; High speed optical techniques; Network-on-a-chip; Optical buffering; Optical interconnections; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Packet switching; Power system interconnection;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528127
