Abstract
Optical Network-on-Chip (ONoC) is deemed as a promising candidate in future on-chip interconnection scenario. It is superior to the traditional electrical NoC in many aspects, such as the bandwidth density, power consumption and scalability. On-chip optical router is an indispensable building block in ONoC design. However, most reported optical routers are with four or five ports, which cannot be easily grafted into the network with the need for 3D interconnect or high concentration. In this paper, we propose LACE, a non-blocking on-chip optical router with 8 ports, which is appropriate for the 3D interconnect and high-concentration network. By embracing the Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technique, LACE can implement non-blocking communication between different ports. The evaluation results show that LACE has lower area cost and lower insertion loss compared to the alternatives.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | ICOCN 2017 - 16th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks |
Pages | 1-3 |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781538632734 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 27 2017 |
Event | 16th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, ICOCN 2017 - Wuzhen, China Duration: Aug 7 2017 → Aug 10 2017 |
Publication series
Name | ICOCN 2017 - 16th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks |
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Volume | 2017-January |
Conference
Conference | 16th International Conference on Optical Communications and Networks, ICOCN 2017 |
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Country/Territory | China |
City | Wuzhen |
Period | 8/7/17 → 8/10/17 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 IEEE.
Keywords
- High-concentration network
- Non-blocking
- Optical network-on-chip
- Optical router
- Wavelength routing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Instrumentation
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics