{"title":"Optical interconnects in parallel computer RWC-1","authors":"J. Shimada","doi":"10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.814690","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Massively parallel computers require an extremely high throughput and a high flexibility in the layout of nodes, boards and cabinets. Optical-fiber transmission is suitable for the inter-node connection in these computer systems because fiber-optics features large throughput, low loss, light weight, compactness, and immunity to electro-magnetic interference (EMI). To confirm the feasibility of interconnection with fiber-optics, we have built two prototype systems: (1) RWC-1/H which uses 36-bit parallel optical interconnection and, (2) RWC-1/N which has calibration free multiplex-demultiplexed optical interconnection, as derivatives of the massively parallel computer RWC-1.","PeriodicalId":408728,"journal":{"name":"Technical Digest. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (Cat. No.99TH8464)","volume":"1866 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Technical Digest. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (Cat. No.99TH8464)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.814690","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Massively parallel computers require an extremely high throughput and a high flexibility in the layout of nodes, boards and cabinets. Optical-fiber transmission is suitable for the inter-node connection in these computer systems because fiber-optics features large throughput, low loss, light weight, compactness, and immunity to electro-magnetic interference (EMI). To confirm the feasibility of interconnection with fiber-optics, we have built two prototype systems: (1) RWC-1/H which uses 36-bit parallel optical interconnection and, (2) RWC-1/N which has calibration free multiplex-demultiplexed optical interconnection, as derivatives of the massively parallel computer RWC-1.