Energy efficient and energy proportional optical interconnects for multi-core processors: Driving the need for on-chip sources

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Heck, Martijn J R ^a   Bowers, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid silicon platform; Integrated optoelectronics; Network on chip; Optical interconnections; Optoelectronic devices; Semiconductor lasers; Silicon on insulator (SOI) technology

Indexed keywords

ENERGY PROPORTIONALITIES; GLOBAL INTERCONNECTS; HYBRID SILICON; MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN; NETWORK ON CHIP; OPTICAL NETWORK ON CHIP; SILICONON-INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY (SOI);

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SILICON; VLSI CIRCUITS;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

EID: 84892613058     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2293271     Document Type: Article

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