Abstract
The integration of 2-D optoelectronic interfaces with silicon chips can overcome many of the foreseen limitations of conventional interconnects. The solution is to provide free-space optical interconnects operating at the silicon on-chip clock-rate and with the numbers required to yield the necessary aggregate bandwidth. The application of this approach is studied by building an optoelectronic data sorting machine as a system demonstrator. The demonstrator system is based around two CMOS/InGaAs smart-pixel arrays, each with 1024 optical inputs and 1024 outputs, linked by a free-space parallel optical interconnect. It takes advantage of the ability of optics to provide large aggregate bandwidth and non-local interconnects.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on Information Theory |
Pages | 51 |
Publication status | Published - 1998 |
Event | 1998 International Symposium on Information Theory - Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Duration: 14 Sept 1998 → 18 Sept 1998 |
Conference
Conference | 1998 International Symposium on Information Theory |
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Abbreviated title | CLEO/EUROPE'98 |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Glasgow, Scotland |
Period | 14/09/98 → 18/09/98 |