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Micro-photonic technology in systems

Reduce high-speed communication power (x40 less than Rambus)

Lower electrical noise in system (x10 less dI/dt)

> 0.1 m backplane interconnects can maintain bisection bandwidth (multiple Tb/s)

WDM all-optical functionality can give ps node routing latency (useful for < 1 m),

deadlock protection, and collisionless adaptive routing

µP

µP

Switch with

ps pass-though latency

Main

Memory

> 0.1m backplane interconnect

(optical 400? Gb/s/cm per layer)

> 0.1m backplane interconnect

Processor node 10x10 cm2

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