On-Chip Optical Routing With Provably Good Algorithms for Path Clustering and Assignment

• Published in: IEEE transactions on computer-aided design of integrated circuits and systems Vol. 41; no. 11; pp. 4653 - 4666
• Main Authors: Lu, Yu-Sheng, Yu, Sheng-Jung, Chang, Yao-Wen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.11.2022; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Approximation algorithm; Clustering; Computer networks; Crosstalk; Insertion loss; Integer programming; Integrated circuits; Linear programming; Military communications; Network reliability; network-on-chip (NoC); Optical communication; Optical crosstalk; Optical design; Optical interconnections; Optical interconnects; Optical losses; Optical noise; physical design; Power consumption; Routing; Signal transmission; Wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM)

As the VLSI technology continues to scale down, combined with increasing demands for large bandwidth and low-power consumption, the optical interconnections with wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) become an attractive alternative for on-chip signal transmission. Previous WDM-aware optical routin...