Silicon Photonic Interconnects for Large-Scale Computer Systems

Author

Ho, Ron ; Amberg, P. ; Chang, En-Jui ; Koka, P. ; Lexau, J. ; Guoliang Li ; Liu, F.Y. ; Schwetman, H. ; Shubin, Ivan ; Thacker, Hiren D. ; Xuezhe Zheng ; Cunningham, John E. ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V.

Author_Institution

Oracle Labs., Redwood Shores, CA, USA

Volume

33

Issue

1

fYear

2013

fDate

Jan.-Feb. 2013

Firstpage

68

Lastpage

78

Abstract

Optical interconnects play an integral role in large-scale digital computing, switching, and routing systems. The authors describe a path toward future many-chip modules based on silicon photonic interposers that stitch together tens of chips in a dense and efficient communication infrastructure. They review the guiding design principles for this "macrochip" and describe its canonical energy, loss, and area budgets.

Keywords

VLSI; large-scale systems; multichip modules; optical interconnections; reviews; silicon; Si; VLSI package; area budgets; canonical energy; large-scale computer systems; loss; macrochip; many-chip modules; silicon photonic interconnects; silicon photonic interposers; Integrated circuit interconnections; Modulation; Optical fiber communication; Optical interconnections; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Silicon; integrated optics; modulation; optical communication; photodetectors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Micro, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1732

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MM.2012.91

Filename

6353407