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Title | ||
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Scalability analysis of optical Beneš networks based on thermally/electrically tuned Mach-Zehnder interferometers |
Abstract | ||
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Silicon Photonic interconnects are a promising technology for scaling computing systems into the exa-scale domain. However, significant challenges exist in terms of optical losses and complexity. In this work, we examine the applicability of thermally/electrically tuned Beneš network based on Mach-Zehnder Interferometers for on-chip interconnects as regards its scalability and how optical loss and laser power scale with the number of endpoints. In addition, we propose three hardware-inspired routing strategies that leverage the inherent asymmetry present in the switching components. We evaluate a range of NoC sizes, from 16 up to 1024 endpoints, using 4 realistic workloads and found very promising results. Our routing strategies offer an optical loss reduction of up to 32% as well as a laser power reduction by 33% for 32 endpoints.
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Year | DOI | Venue |
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2019 | 10.1145/3356045.3360715 | Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Network on Chip Architectures |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
optical Beneš networks, scalability analysis, silicon photonics | Mach–Zehnder interferometer,Computer science,Astronomical interferometer,Electrical engineering,Distributed computing,Scalability | Conference |
ISBN | Citations | PageRank |
978-1-4503-6949-7 | 0 | 0.34 |
References | Authors | |
0 | 5 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markos Kynigos | 1 | 0 | 0.68 |
| Jose A. Pascual | 2 | 42 | 5.03 |
| Javier Navaridas | 3 | 201 | 23.58 |
| Mikel Luján | 4 | 167 | 20.01 |
| John Goodacre | 5 | 46 | 7.35 |