Optical Interconnects for High-Performance Computing Systems

A first step toward advanced optical interconnect technologies is a data-center switch using a multibus optical backplane. This network switch replaces the electronic backplane and communications fabric application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) with an optical fabric based on multiple optical b...

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Published inIEEE MICRO Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 14 - 21
Main Authors Tan, M. R. T., McLaren, M., Jouppi, N. P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Alamitos IEEE 01.01.2013
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Adaptive optics
Backplanes
Bandwidths
Broadcasting
Electronics
emerging technologies
Fabrics
High performance computing
High speed optical techniques
Integrated circuits
Interconnect
network switch
Network switching
Networks
Optical fibers
Optical interconnections
Optical interconnects
Optical receivers
Optical switches
Switches
Switching systems
Switching theory
Technological change
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Summary:A first step toward advanced optical interconnect technologies is a data-center switch using a multibus optical backplane. This network switch replaces the electronic backplane and communications fabric application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) with an optical fabric based on multiple optical broadcast buses. The prototype demonstrated reliable performance, and the optical bus can scale to much higher bandwidths. Thus, network switches using optical backplanes have significant advantages for future systems.
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ISSN:0272-1732
1937-4143
DOI:10.1109/MM.2012.92