Device Requirements for Optical Interconnects to CMOS Silicon Chips
- 1 January 2010
- proceedings article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group
Abstract
Optics could solve key interconnect problems in future electronic machines especially in interconnect density and energy. We project the requirements for the necessary optoelectronic and optical devices and prospects for hybrid optical/electronic processing systems.Keywords
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