1. RHiNET-2/SW: High-speed network switch implemented with parallel optical interconnection for parallel computing system.
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Nishimura, Shinji, Kudoh, Tomohiro, Nishi, Hiroaki, Yamamoto, Junji, Harasawa, Katsuyoshi, Fukuda, Shuji, Shikichi, Yasutaka, and Akutsu, Shigeto
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SWITCHING circuits , *CONNECTION machines , *COMPUTER systems , *COMPUTER networks , *OPTICAL interconnects , *PERSONAL computers - Abstract
We developed the RHiNET-2/SW high-speed network switch for a high-throughput parallel computing system consisting of optically interconnected distributed personal computers (PCs). RHiNET-2/SW enables high-throughput network switching (64 Gbit/s) by means of a switching LSI and eight pairs of synchronized parallel optical interconnection modules. To confirm the reliability of RHiNET-2/SW, we measured its bit error rate (BER), which was less than 10-11 (estimated value: 10-20). Five RHiNET-2/SWs and sixteen PC nodes can perform parallel computing. This result demonstrates the feasibility of optical interconnection in a high-speed, flexible network in a parallel computing system. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electron Comm Jpn Pt 2, 85(6): 1–10, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (
www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/ecjb.10022 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2002
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