High-Speed Photonics for Side-by-Side Integration With Billion Transistor Circuits in Unmodified CMOS Processes
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- 18 January 2017
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Journal of Lightwave Technology
- Vol. 35 (6) , 1168-1173
Abstract
The performance of modern computer systems is limited by the input/output bottleneck problem. Key figures such as bandwidth density, energy efficiency, and reach are compared with state-of-the-art solutions. The latest photonic device library for computercom in the 45 nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) node is reviewed. It is shown that monolithic integration of photonics and electronics in advanced CMOS nodes offers orders-of-magnitude better figures than standard wirelines and silicon photonic devices for datacom.Keywords
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