Workshop on Reconfigurable Free-Space Optical Interconnects;Boulder, Colorado

光互连在光通信领域扮演着越来越重要的角色。 在计算机体系结构中的作用。 比如说， 商用光局域网和总线 支持高带宽、低功耗和低功耗， 计算机之间的串扰通信 资源 此外，现在越来越清楚的是， 固定的、自由空间的光学互连将具有 有线受限的成本和性能优势 图形布局。 但不清楚是什么作用。 可重新配置的自由空间光学互连将 在计算机体系结构中发挥作用。 为了解决这个 知识差距，计划举办一个讲习班， 科罗拉多大学由大约35名 来自一流大学、研究实验室的参与者 和从事计算机架构的公司 和光学互连。 目的是 比较成本和性能 可重构光互连 计算机体系结构与传统的 电子和固定的自由空间光互连 技术. 研讨会的结果将是 对当前和预计能力的评估 可重构光学互连沿着 未来计算机的通信需求 建筑 这将确定关键领域， 可重构光互连的研究。 它 还将设定必须达到的目标， 具有可重新配置的光学器件的计算机体系结构 互连将具有成本和性能 优于其他方法。

Optical interconnects play an increasingly important role in computer architecture. For instance, commercial optical local-area-networks and buses allow for high-bandwidth, low power, and low- crosstalk communication among computational resources. In addition, it is now becoming clear that fixed, free-space optical interconnects will have cost and performance advantages for wire-limited graph layouts. It is not clear, however, what role reconfigurable free-space optical interconnects will play in computer architecture. To address this knowledge gap, a workshop is planned by the University of Colorado consisting of about 35 participants from leading universities, research labs and companies working in computer architecture and optical interconnects. The purpose is to compare the cost and performance of reconfigurable optical interconnects in different computer architectures against conventional electronic and fixed, free-space optical interconnect technologies. The result of the workshop will be an assessment of the current and projected capabilities of reconfigurable optical interconnects along with the communication needs of future computer architectures. This will identify the critical areas of research in reconfigurable optical interconnects. It will also place goals that must be met so that computer architectures with reconfigurable optical interconnects will have cost and performance advantages over other approaches.