TY - GEN
T1 - Architecting a computer with a full optical RAM
AU - Gonzalez, Jorge
AU - Orosa, Lois
AU - Azevedo, Rodolfo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - On-chip photonics has gained attention in research for high-speed processor communication networks, and recent developments in optical fabrication techniques and data buffering has offered new opportunities for processor systems. In this work, we evaluate a processor with a full optical main memory system. We design it using recent optical devices that leverages the high-bandwidth optical capabilities to obtain low memory access latency, similar to those in state of the art L2 caches. This characteristic enables the possibility of eliminating the second level of caches, saving processor area. Experimental results show the average speedup is ×1.34 with SPEC2006 and ×1.80 with irregular applications.
AB - On-chip photonics has gained attention in research for high-speed processor communication networks, and recent developments in optical fabrication techniques and data buffering has offered new opportunities for processor systems. In this work, we evaluate a processor with a full optical main memory system. We design it using recent optical devices that leverages the high-bandwidth optical capabilities to obtain low memory access latency, similar to those in state of the art L2 caches. This characteristic enables the possibility of eliminating the second level of caches, saving processor area. Experimental results show the average speedup is ×1.34 with SPEC2006 and ×1.80 with irregular applications.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85015343165
U2 - 10.1109/ICECS.2016.7841302
DO - 10.1109/ICECS.2016.7841302
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85015343165
T3 - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 2016
SP - 716
EP - 719
BT - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 23rd IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 2016
Y2 - 11 December 2016 through 14 December 2016
ER -