Parallel Computing Using Optical Interconnections

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Li, Keqin (Editor), Pan, Yi (Editor), Zheng, Si Qing (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1998.
• Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 468
• Subjects: Computer science.; Microprocessors.; Computer communication systems.; Architecture, Computer.; Electrical engineering.; Electronic circuits.; Computer Science.; Computer System Implementation.; Circuits and Systems.; Processor Architectures.; Computer Communication Networks.; Electrical Engineering.; Computer Science, general.

Advances in optical technologies have made it possible to implement optical interconnections in future massively parallel processing systems. Photons are non-charged particles, and do not naturally interact. Consequently, there are many desirable characteristics of optical interconnects, e.g. high s...