The role of optics in future high radix switch design

Proceedings - International Symposium on Computer Architecture

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 437-447

  Binkert, Nathan ^a   Davis, Al ^a   Jouppi, Norman P ^a   McLaren, Moray ^a   Muralimanohar, Naveen ^a   Schreiber, Robert ^a   Ahn, Jung Ho ^b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

High Radix; Photonics; Router; Switch

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; ELECTRONIC SWITCHES; HEAD OF LINE BLOCKING; HIGH-POWER; HIGH-RADIX; HIGH-SPEED; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; LARGE BUFFER; LARGE-SCALE NETWORK; LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS; MESSAGE TRAFFIC; OFF-CHIP; STATIC POWER; SWITCH ARCHITECTURES; SWITCH COMPONENTS; SWITCH DESIGNS;

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHERS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; NANOPHOTONICS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PHOTONICS; ROUTERS; SWITCHES;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES; BANDWIDTH;

EID: 80052532635     PISSN: 10636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2000064.2000116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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