Photonic integration may boost computing performance

Laser Focus World

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 57-60

  Hecht, Jeff ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MODULATION FORMATS; ANALOG DEVICES; BACKPLANES; COMMUNICATION LINKS; COMPUTING PERFORMANCE; CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY; CROSS-SECTION AREA; DEGREE OF PARALLELISM; FABRICATION EQUIPMENT; FIBER OPTIC LINKS; HIGH BANDWIDTH; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; INTEGRATED PHOTONICS; PER UNIT; PER UNIT LENGTH; PHOTONIC INTEGRATIONS; POWER SAVINGS; PROCESSING CORE; SILICON CHIP; TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIERS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; GERMANIUM; INTEGRATION; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

BANDWIDTH;

EID: 79954581211     PISSN: 10438092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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