Speed and Energy Analysis of Digital Interconnections: Comparison of On-Chip, Off-Chip, and Free-Space Technologies
Applied Optics, Vol. 37, Issue 2, pp. 205-227 (1998)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.37.000205
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Abstract
We model and compare on-chip (up to wafer scale) and off-chip(multichip module) high-speed electrical interconnections withfree-space optical interconnections in terms of speed performance andenergy requirements for digital transmission in large-scalesystems. For all technologies the interconnections are firstmodeled and optimized for minimum delay as functions of theinterconnection length for both one-to-one and fan-outconnections. Then energy requirements are derived as functions ofthe interconnection length. Free-space optical interconnectionsthat use multiple-quantum-well modulators or vertical-cavitysurface-emitting lasers as transmitters are shown to offer aspeed–energy product advantage as high as 30 over that of the electrical interconnection technologies.
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OCIS Codes
(200.4650) Optics in computing : Optical interconnects
(250.0250) Optoelectronics : Optoelectronics
Citation
Gökçe I. Yayla, Philippe J. Marchand, and Sadik C. Esener, "Speed and Energy Analysis of Digital Interconnections: Comparison of On-Chip, Off-Chip, and Free-Space Technologies," Appl. Opt. 37, 205-227 (1998)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-37-2-205
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