This comprehensive book provides a synthesis of the theory and practice of photonic devices for networks-on-chip. It outlines the issues in designing photonic network-on-chip architectures for future many-core high performance chip multiprocessors.

This book provides a comprehensive synthesis of the theory and practice of photonic devices for networks-on-chip. It outlines the issues in designing photonic network-on-chip architectures for future many-core high performance chip multiprocessors. The discussion is built from the bottom up: starting with the design and implementation of key photonic devices and building blocks, reviewing networking and network-on-chip theory and existing research, and finishing with describing various architectures, their characteristics, and the impact they will have on a computing system. After acquainting the reader with all the issues in the design space, the discussion concludes with design automation techniques, supplemented by provided software.

Provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of photonic devices for networks-on-chip Enables readers with design techniques for silicon photonics to overcome the fundamental limitations of electronics for core-to-core and core-to-memory communications Includes coverage of design automation techniques, supplemented by provided software, Photonic and Electronic Network Integration and Execution Simulator (PhoenixSim)

Klappentext

This book is a product of an emerging interdisciplinary field that is bringing photonic communications to address many of the challenges associated with scaling computing systems performance. In addressing this cross-disciplinary topic the book bridges the gap among the devices, tools, and architectures for realizing photonic interconnection networks in future computing. This book provides:

• A comprehensive discussion on the usage and integration of silicon photonics interconnect technologies, including distinct properties of key photonic devices and recent engineering breakthroughs.
• Design methodologies for photonic links and the three main classes of photonic network-on-chip architectures applicable to future computing systems.
• A presentation of the design tools and simulation environment used to characterize photonic interconnection network architectures and evaluate the impact on computing performance.

Zusammenfassung
The discussion is built from the bottom up: starting with the design and implementation of key photonic devices and building blocks, reviewing networking and network-on-chip theory and existing research, and finishing with describing various architectures, their characteristics, and the impact they will have on a computing system.

Inhalt

Introduction.- Photonic Interconnects.- Silicon Photonics.- Photonic Simulation and Design Space.- Photonic Network Architectures I: Circuit Switching.- Photonic Network Architectures II: Wavelength Arbitration and Routing.- Photonic Network Architectures III: Advanced Photonic Architectures.- Conclusions.