TY - GEN
T1 - New parallel processor system with optical interconnection specific for Monte Carlo analysis
AU - Koyanagi, Mitsumasa
AU - Shimatani, Tamio
AU - Matsumoto, Takuji
AU - Yu, Kisho
AU - Yoshida, Y.
AU - Aibara, Reiji
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - We have designed a parallel processor system with hundreds of processors specific for Monte-Carlo analysis. This system has the ring-bus architecture. The performance of several Gflops is expected in this system according to the computer simulation. However, it was revealed that the data transfer speed of the bus has to be increased more dramatically in order to further increase the performance. Then, we propose introducing the optical interconnection into the parallel processor system to increase the data transfer speed of the buses. The double ring- bus architecture is employed in this new parallel processor system with optical interconnection. The free-space optical interconnection and the optical waveguide are used for the optical ring-bus. It was confirmed in simulation that the optical data transfer operation and the memory store operation into FIFO in the optical ring-bus interface unit can be successfully performed.
AB - We have designed a parallel processor system with hundreds of processors specific for Monte-Carlo analysis. This system has the ring-bus architecture. The performance of several Gflops is expected in this system according to the computer simulation. However, it was revealed that the data transfer speed of the bus has to be increased more dramatically in order to further increase the performance. Then, we propose introducing the optical interconnection into the parallel processor system to increase the data transfer speed of the buses. The double ring- bus architecture is employed in this new parallel processor system with optical interconnection. The free-space optical interconnection and the optical waveguide are used for the optical ring-bus. It was confirmed in simulation that the optical data transfer operation and the memory store operation into FIFO in the optical ring-bus interface unit can be successfully performed.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0029217085
SN - 0819417475
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
SP - 186
EP - 191
BT - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
PB - Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
T2 - Optoelectronic Interconnects III
Y2 - 8 February 1995 through 9 February 1995
ER -