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Utilizing Path Diversity in Optical Packet Switched Interconnection Networks
Overview SPINet (Scalable Photonic Integrated Network) was recently introduced as an optical packet switched interconnection architecture for local area applications such as high-performance computing systems and storage-area networks. A SPINet switching fabric is comprised of a set of wideband 2×2 photonic switching nodes organized in a Multistage Interconnection Network (MIN). Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOAs) are used as switching elements to allow for all-optical wideband transmission and packet-rate granularity, facilitating high bandwidth, ultra-low latency, and high utilization that are required for future interconnection networks. Mainly targeted for photonic integration, SPINet does not employ optical buffering of any kind and messages are dropped upon contention.
| Publisher | Optical Society of America | File Format | |
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| Date Published | October 2006 | ||
| Format | White Papers | ||
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