Title :
On-Chip photonic interconnects for scalable multi-core architectures
Author :
Kodi, Avinash Karanth ; Morris, Randy ; Louri, Ahmed ; Zhang, Xiang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Ohio Univ., Athens, OH
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose PROPEL, a photonic network-on-chip (NoC) that improves performance and power with energy-efficient opto-electronic components for future chip multiprocessors (CMPs). Our analytical and simulation results indicate that PROPEL improves throughput and reduces power over optical and electrical networks for various traffic traces while requiring fewer photonic components and devices.
Keywords :
network-on-chip; optoelectronic devices; PROPEL; energy-efficient opto-electronic components; on-chip photonic interconnects; photonic network-on-chip; scalable multicore architectures; Analytical models; Energy efficiency; Network-on-a-chip; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Propulsion; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Networks-on-Chip, 2009. NoCS 2009. 3rd ACM/IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4142-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4143-3
DOI :
10.1109/NOCS.2009.5071453
