Compacting High-End Computing Systems with Dense, WDM Silicon Photonic Interconnects

The talk will present the design of a silicon microsystem that utilizes photonic interconnects to enable a highly compact supercomputer-scale system. Recent progress in dense, wavelength-division multiplexed, low-power silicon photonic interconnect components will be reviewed.

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