We propose a microring resonator based nanophotonic crossbar to implement a 256-core network-on-chip architecture called E-PROPEL. Our results indicate E-PROPEL consumes 3× less power and increases performance by 2× when compared to leading electrical networks.
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IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Date of Conference: 7-11 Nov. 2010