Title :
Impact of optical I/O on FPGA electronic routing delays
Author :
Dambre, J. ; Brunfaut, M. ; Meeus, W. ; Van Campenhout, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Syst., Ghent Univ., Belgium
Abstract :
Besides the actual optical link delay, the mere presence of the optical interconnect also has its impact on the on-chip electrical routing delays. We quantify these delays for a real (small scale) optoelectronic FPGA prototype. Our results indicate that future designs must consider this impact to achieve optimal performance.
Keywords :
delays; field programmable gate arrays; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated optoelectronics; network routing; optical interconnections; FPGA electronic routing delays; on-chip electrical routing delays; optical I/O; optical interconnect; optical link delay; Delay; Field programmable gate arrays; Integrated circuit interconnections; Optical buffering; Optical fiber communication; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Prototypes; Routing; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989634
