This paper defines the important parameters in an on-module interconnect tradeoff analysis and shows how optics compares to electrical interconnects over the next decade. The analysis is based on latency, power consumption and circuit area, given that bandwidth-distance and electrical isolation requirements can be met by both electrical and optical interconnect in an on-module environment. As a result of the analysis, the paper provides a set of requirements that optics must meet when competing with electrical interconnects at the on-module interconnect level.

Date Published: 2 February 1993
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Proc. SPIE 1773, Photonics for Computers, Neural Networks, and Memories, (2 February 1993);

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1773:
Photonics for Computers, Neural Networks, and Memories
Stephen T. Kowel; John A. Neff; William J. Miceli, Editor(s)