Optical Interconnects for Present and Future High-Performance Computing Systems

Optical interconnects are useful for high-performance electronic computing systems when the number-ofchannels, the bit-rate per channel, the channel density, and the communication distance of electrical links are simultaneously stressed. We review the near-term and longer term opportunities for optical communication at the chassis, chip-package and silicon micro-system levels.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: HOTI
• Authors: Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy, Jon Lexau, Xuezhe Zheng, John E. Cunningham, Ron Ho, Ola Tørudbakken
• Keywords: Distributed And Parallel Computing, HOTI 2008, Longer Term Opportunities, Optical Interconnects, Silicon Micro-system Levels