Title :
Evolution of the architecture and technology of data centers towards exascale and beyond
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
The continual growth of data centers cannot be maintained through incremental advances in today´s technologies and architectures. An alternative architecture based on reconfigurable WDM optical networking technology is presented for realizing future, exascale, elastic data centers.
Keywords :
computer centres; reconfigurable architectures; wavelength division multiplexing; data center architecture evolution; data center technology evolution; elastic data centers; exascale data centers; reconfigurable WDM optical networking technology; Computer architecture; Optical fibers; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Servers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
