{"title":"Massively parallel processing: optical interconnects according to a system to device approach","authors":"E. Frietman, L. Dekker, W. Smit","doi":"10.1109/MPPOI.1994.336635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPPOI.1994.336635","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the undisputable success in the telecommunication area, applications of optical interconnect techniques to the crate-to-crate, node-to-node, chip-to-chip and gate-to-gate level within a Massively Parallel Computer architecture have still failed to materialize. Questions, such as whether to choose for a serial ultra-high or a parallel moderate data throughput rate, always considering a logic-to-logic approach, are still not adequately answered. An unavoidable number of thresholds a computer manufacturer has to conquer, in case a decision has to be made whether to choose for an electrical or optical solution. An overall system-to-device observation eases in a solution of this dilemma. The authors overview the R & D exertions of the Opto Electronic Systems and Engineering Group of the Delft University of Technology with respect to the development of an Optical Backplane System, enabling a free space data transport in a Massively Parallel Processing environment.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":254893,"journal":{"name":"First International Workshop on Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116610191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}