Title :
Optical and electrical interconnect partition length based on chip-to-chip bandwidth maximization
Author :
Naeemi, Azad ; Xu, Jianping ; Mule, Anthony V. ; Gaylord, Thomas K. ; Meindl, James D.
Author_Institution :
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
fDate :
4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The lengths beyond which board-level optical waveguides are capable of transferring a larger number of bits per second than electrical interconnects are found for various technology generations. As technology scales from the 130-nm technology node to the 45-nm technology node, the partition length falls from 29 to 8.3 cm due to seven times larger driver-switching frequency and 40% finer waveguide pitches.
Keywords :
bandwidth allocation; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical interconnections; optical waveguides; board-level optical waveguides; chip-to-chip bandwidth maximization; driver-switching frequency; electrical interconnect partition length; optical interconnect partition length; technology node; waveguide pitches; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Delay; Energy dissipation; Frequency; Integrated circuit interconnections; Optical interconnections; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Wire;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.824623
