Exploitation of optical interconnects in future server architectures

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 755-775

  Benner, Alan F ^a   Ignatowski, Michael ^a   Kash, Jeffrey A ^b   Kuchta, Daniel M ^b   Ritter, Mark B ^b  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL LINKS; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

OPTICAL FIBER LINKS; OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 25844499765     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/rd.494.0755     Document Type: Review

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