Optical routing for 3D system-on-package

Abstract— Optical interconnects enable faster signal propagation with virtually no crosstalk. In addition, wavelength division multiplexing allows a single waveguide to be shared among multiple interconnects. This paper proposes efficient algorithms for the construction of timing and congestion-driven waveguides considering the optical resource constraints. We develop the first optical router for System-on-Packages (SOPs), which reduce electrical wirelength by 11% and improve performance by 23%, when a single optical layer is introduced for every placement layer.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: DATE
• Authors: Jacob R. Minz, Somaskanda Thyagaraja, Sung Kyu Lim
• Keywords: DATE 2006, Hardware, Optical, Single Optical Layer, first Optical Router