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An electro-optic data communication system for the Delft parallel processor

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E. E. E. Frietman,

A. B. RuighaverAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News, Volume 15, Issue 6

Pages 2 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/41458.41459

Published: 01 November 1987 Publication History

Abstract

The Delft Parallel Processor (DPP), which has already been operational since 1981, is part of a long term research project for the application of a large-scale Multiple Instruction stream, Multiple Data stream (MIMD) architecture in the field of scientific computing. As a result of this project a second modern version, the DPP84, equipped with up to 16 Processing Elements (PE's), is now operational and has been installed at several sites inside and outside the Technical University Delft. The most important part of the DPP is its communication system, which is based on a "multiple broadcast" concept. This allows all the PE's to be fully interconnected through fast parallel data channels. To realize a large-scale next-generation MIMD supercomputer in which all PE's are fully interconnected, a different technical approach to this communication system is needed. This paper introduces the concept of an Electro-Optic Communication System (EOCS). In order to be able to implement a high-bandwidth parallel interconnection structure, the application of flexible polymer fiber-optic cables is considered.

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https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55895-0_437
Ruighaver AHolt RSemkiw JNirmalathas A(1994)Optical 2-dimensional multiple-broadcasting for massively parallel multicomputersFirst International Workshop on Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections10.1109/MPPOI.1994.336617(275-280)Online publication date: 1994
https://doi.org/10.1109/MPPOI.1994.336617
Ruighaver A(1992)Reconfigurable optical interconnection networks without optical switchingTENCON'92 - Technology Enabling Tomorrow10.1109/TENCON.1992.271921(370-374)Online publication date: 1992
https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.1992.271921
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Index Terms

An electro-optic data communication system for the Delft parallel processor
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Architectures
    1. Parallel architectures
      1. Multiple instruction, multiple data
2. Hardware
  1. Integrated circuits
    1. Interconnect
      1. Photonic and optical interconnect

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cover image ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News

ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News Volume 15, Issue 6

Dec. 1987

17 pages

ISSN:0163-5964

DOI:10.1145/41458

Editor:
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Ruighaver A(2005)A decoupled multicomputer architecture with optical full interconnectionParallel Processing: CONPAR 92—VAPP V10.1007/3-540-55895-0_437(405-410)Online publication date: 29-May-2005
https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55895-0_437
Ruighaver AHolt RSemkiw JNirmalathas A(1994)Optical 2-dimensional multiple-broadcasting for massively parallel multicomputersFirst International Workshop on Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections10.1109/MPPOI.1994.336617(275-280)Online publication date: 1994
https://doi.org/10.1109/MPPOI.1994.336617
Ruighaver A(1992)Reconfigurable optical interconnection networks without optical switchingTENCON'92 - Technology Enabling Tomorrow10.1109/TENCON.1992.271921(370-374)Online publication date: 1992
https://doi.org/10.1109/TENCON.1992.271921
Frietman E(1991)Optics in Multiple-Instruction, Multiple-Data Stream ComputersFrontiers of Computing Systems Research10.1007/978-1-4615-7032-5_3(131-195)Online publication date: 1991
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7032-5_3
Frietman Evan Nifterick WDekker LJongeling T(1990)Parallel optical interconnects: implementation of optoelectronics in multiprocessor architecturesApplied Optics10.1364/AO.29.00116129:8(1161)Online publication date: 10-Mar-1990
https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.29.001161
Ruighaver A(1990)A modular network for dense optical interconnection of processing elementsACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News10.1145/88237.8824418:2(69-75)Online publication date: 1-May-1990
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/88237.88244

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