Optical Interconnects in the Data Center

Optical interconnects in large-scale systems offer the possibility of new system topologies, with many multi-core processors and memories integrated together and densely co packaged. This opens up new possibilities in large-scale installations like data centers, supporting both commercial and scientific applications. A first step is to explore the optical and electrical circuits and devices required to create optical links, but many interesting research questions remain about how to construct large-scale systems that employ those links.

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