[paralleloptics] announcement: OIDA workshop on optical interconnects
- From: <rbock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <paralleloptics@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:45:31 +0200 (CEST)
Dear,
I've been asked to forward this announcement. See also
http://www.oida.org/interconnects.html
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Register Now!
The Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) will hold a
DARPA-sponsored Road-mapping Workshop, "Optical Interconnects: Thinking
Inside of the Box," on October 21 and 22 near the San Francisco Airport
(Burlingame, CA).
The potential advantages of optical interconnects for board-to-board,
chip-to-chip, and even on-chip interconnects have been touted by optical
researchers for many years, and the imminent demise of copper
interconnects has been predicted in some circles for more than a decade.
Nevertheless, while optical technology has successfully displaced copper
wiring in longer distance telecommunication as well as many enterprise
networking applications, to date there has been no commercially viable
implementation of optical interconnects for applications within a rack.
The predicted evolution of supercomputers, servers, routers, and storage
systems suggests that the need for extremely high bandwidth-density may
create realistic commercial opportunities for "in-the-box" optical
interconnects within the next decade, but many barriers will need to be
overcome.
This one-and-a-half-day roadmapping workshop will explore the questions of
if, when, and how optical interconnects can begin to replace copper in
board-to-board, chip-to-chip, and eventually on-chip applications -
defining a roadmap to take us forward from today's early rack-to-rack
applications of parallel optics toward commercial implementation of
in-the-box optical backplanes in high-end systems and onward toward
widespread use of optics for ever shorter-reach applications. The event
will bring together experts from industry and academia with extensive
expertise and a wide range of perspectives.
Please see the attached for more information for more details:
- Invitation
- Agenda
- Registration Form (Please fill out, save, print, and fax to 202-785-4428)
Any questions, please feel free to contact our office at 202-785-4426.
Hope you are able to join us!
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Beste Regards,
Ronny
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