Parallel fiber-optic SCI links
| Autor: | John D. Crow, R.C. Booth, David Robert Engebretsen, D.M. Kuchta, W. Nation |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Optical fiber business.industry Computer science Distributed computing Testbed law.invention Data link Transmission (telecommunications) Parallel processing (DSP implementation) Backplane Hardware and Architecture law Bandwidth (computing) Electrical and Electronic Engineering business Software Computer hardware Block (data storage) |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Micro. 16:20-26 |
| ISSN: | 0272-1732 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/40.482308 |
| Popis: | Parallel fiber-optic links promise to be a key enabling technology for distributed computing, substantially increasing transmission distance and bandwidth. The drive to include more and more processors and I/O devices in parallel-processor complexes has created a need for box-to-box interconnection links capable of delivering bandwidth comparable to system backplanes. Point-to-point links overcome the speed and cost constraints of shared buses. However, copper-based point-to-point links can reliably carry high-speed data only a limited distance. Parallel fiber-optic links substantially increase transmission distance and surpass copper's bandwidth capability. Our research addresses the integration of parallel fiber-optic data links into system designs that require a high-bandwidth link over moderate distances. To demonstrate the feasibility of using parallel fiber-optic technology as a fundamental building block in large-scale commercial and parallel machines, we constructed a link testbed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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