Optical interconnects offer significant advantages for future high performance computers. Progress towards new technologies for optical interconnects are reviewed, focusing on potential improvements in wave guide-based interconnects between chips and the prospects for on-chip optics using silicon photonics.
Index Terms:
silicon photonics, optical network on chip
Citation:
Jeffrey A. Kash, "Leveraging Optical Interconnects in Future Supercomputers and Servers," hoti, pp.190-194, 2008 16th IEEE Symposium on High Performance Interconnects, 2008