Silicon Photonic Interconnects for Large-Scale Computer Systems
- 16 November 2012
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Micro
- Vol. 33 (1) , 68-78
- https://doi.org/10.1109/mm.2012.91
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
This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
- 10-Gbps, 5.3-mW Optical Transmitter and Receiver Circuits in 40-nm CMOSIEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2012
- A micro-architectural analysis of switched photonic multi-chip interconnectsPublished by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ,2012
- Ultralow-loss, high-density SOI optical waveguide routing for macrochip interconnectsOptics Express, 2012
- Enhanced optical bistability from self-heating due to free carrier absorption in substrate removed silicon ring modulatorsOptics Express, 2012
- Grating-coupler based low-loss optical interlayer couplingPublished by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ,2011
- Compact, Thermally-Tuned Resonant Ring Muxes in CMOS with Integrated Backside Pyramidal Etch PitPublished by Optica Publishing Group ,2011
- Highly-efficient thermally-tuned resonant optical filtersOptics Express, 2010
- Wavelength-tunable silicon microring modulatorOptics Express, 2010
- A tunable 1x4 silicon CMOS photonic wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer for dense optical interconnectsOptics Express, 2010
- Computer Systems Based on Silicon Photonic InterconnectsProceedings of the IEEE, 2009