A High-Performance Optoelectronic Interconnect Router: Using Increased Bandwidth to Enable Latency Reduction

Continuing strides in processor performance impose the need for aggressive latency hiding/reduction techniques in order to fully exploit improved capabilities at the system level. These techniques demand increased interconnection bandwidth which, ultimately, can surpass that which can be supplied by current technology. This paper addresses this problem by presenting the design and implementation of an advanced optoelectronic interconnection network router capable of supplying and efficiently utilizing higher bandwidth capacity to better enable various latency hiding/reduction techniques