Optical approaches to overcome present limitations for interconnection and control in parallel electronic architectures

摘要

Abstract: Current limitations for interconnection and control inelectronic integrated circuits, from the architecturaland technological point of view, are presented.Different kinds of interconnection problems within achip are briefly presented, according to a specificclassification. Then, the authors show how they haveincorporated optoelectronic devices using a standardCMOS technology to resolve one interconnection problem:the chip clock distribution and control. Someadvantages and limitations of this technique used tosequence and control a 8*8 retina are presented. Theauthors discuss how these experiments, with othertechniques used to output data, can provide a possibleapproach to an optical bus.!13