A Nanophotonic Interconnect for High-Performance Many-Core Computation

Raymond G. Beausoleil,Jung-Ho Ahn,Nathan L. Binkert,Al Davis,David A. Fattal,Marco Fiorentino,Norm Jouppi,Moray McLaren,Charles Santori,Robert Schreiber,Sean M. Spillane,D. Vantrease,Qianfan Palo Alto Xu

A Nanophotonic Interconnect for High-Performance Many-Core Computation

2008

Raymond G. Beausoleil
Jung-Ho Ahn
Nathan L. Binkert
Al Davis
David A. Fattal
Marco Fiorentino
Norm Jouppi
Moray McLaren
Charles Santori
Robert Schreiber
Sean M. Spillane
D. Vantrease
Qianfan Palo Alto Xu

We describe the results of a design study of DWDM on-chip and off-chip nanophotonic interconnects and device technologies that could improve computing performance by a factor of 20 above industry projections over the next decade.

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Computation
Q factor
Free-space optical communication
Nanophotonics
Electronic engineering
Optoelectronics
Wavelength-division multiplexing
Materials science
Interconnection
many core
Light scattering

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