• DocumentCode
    63644
  • Title

    Silicon Nanophotonics for Future Multicore Architectures: Opportunities and Challenges

  • Author

    Yi Xu ; Pasricha, Sudeep

  • Author_Institution
    Inf. Technol. Dept., Macau Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Macau, China
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    9
  • Lastpage
    17
  • Abstract
    This article surveys emerging silicon nanophotonic architectures, protocols, and components, for intra-chip and inter-chip communication. It also examines the challenges in silicon nanophotonics research, presents some of the more prominent emerging solutions, and provides a critical view of their advantages and limitations.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; nanophotonics; network-on-chip; silicon; Si; inter-chip communication; intra-chip communication; multicore architectures; photonic network-on-chip; protocols; silicon nanophotonic architectures; Bandwidth allocation; Multicore processing; Nanophotonics; Network architecture; Optical device fabrication; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Design & Test, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2168-2356
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MDAT.2014.2332153
  • Filename
    6840970
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=63644