Title :
Performance analysis and layout design of optical blades for HPCs using the OptoBoard-Sim simulator
Author :
Markou, S. ; Siokis, A. ; Maniotis, P. ; Christodoulopoulos, K. ; Varvarigos, E. ; Pleros, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract :
We demonstrate the Optical Board Simulator platform for optical PCB layout design and performance evaluation. Performance of two optical Blades is compared to CRAY-XK7 Blade for the FFTW benchmark, revealing significant throughput and latency improvements.
Keywords :
integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical interconnections; parallel processing; printed circuit layout; CRAY-XK7 blade; FFTW benchmark; HPC; OptoBoard-Sim simulator; high performance computing; latency improvements; layout design; optical PCB; optical blades; optical board simulator platform; performance analysis; printed circuit board; Blades; Integrated circuit interconnections; Layout; Optical interconnections; Optical waveguides; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8178-6
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2015.7115660
