On-Chip Optical Interconnect Roadmap: Challenges and Critical Directions
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- 1 November 2006
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
- Vol. 12 (6), 1699-1705
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jstqe.2006.880615
Abstract
Intrachip optical interconnects (OIs) have the potential to outperform electrical wires and to ultimately solve the communication bottleneck in high-performance integrated circuits. Performance targets and critical directions for ICs progress are yet to be fully explored. In this paper, the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) is used as a reference to explore the requirements that silicon-based ICs must satisfy to successfully outperform copper electrical interconnects (IEs). Considering the state-of-the-art devices, these requirements are extended to specific IC componentsKeywords
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