- Exploitation of optical interconnects in future server architectures
HEADNOTE Optical fiber links have become ubiquitous for links at the metropolitan and wide area distance scales, and have become common alternatives to electrical links in local area networks and cluster networks. As optical technology improves and link frequencies continue to increase, optical links will be increasingly considered for shorter, ......
- InfiniBand and the revolution of the DataCenter
IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 1 Enterprise Networking Today's bus-based architecture is limited in its ability to meet the needs of the evolving data center. The speed of the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, the 'gateway' between external communications (the Internet) and the CPU, has not increased in tandem with CPU speed and ......
- Denali, Sonics ease multicore SoC memory bandwidth
To address memory bandwidth optimization of multicore system-on-chip (SoC) designs, Sonics Inc. http://www.sonicsinc.com and Denali Software Inc. http://www.denali.com said today they have combined Sonics’ SMART Interconnect solutions with Denali’s Databahn DDR memory controllers. Drew Wingard, CTO of Sonics explained in a statement, “The trend toward multicore designs http://www.edn.com/article/CA6434384.html adds significant ......
- Abracadabra: making system interconnect disappear with FPGAs
Designing system interconnect isn't the most glamorous engineering job in the world. Indeed, to most system or digital designers, being assigned a backplane, interconnect, and connector selection is tantamount to being told to go stand in a corner with a pointy hat. In reality, what they need is a wand ......
- Hurry up and wait
Following the interconnect wars is almost interesting. The HyperTransport Consortium says it's not directly competing with PCI Express, yet the consortium's own bandwidth comparisons line it up against PCI Express. The PCI Express folks claim that PCI Express will dominate the world because it allows you not only to use ......
- RapidIO boosts bandwidth for DSP
Texas Instruments' TMS320C6455 DSP includes on-chip support for four IEEE 1149.6-compliant serial-RapidIO links to enable designers to develop scalable systems that support high-definition video and the telecom infrastructure. The integrated serial-RapidIO bus replaces additional devices that would provide switching and processor-aggregation functions for multiprocessor designs. Designers can use the links ......
- New applications drive interconnect development
Daniel Nigg has been in the electronics industry for 25 years. A native of Basel, Switzerland, he holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. Before joining Lumberg, Nigg was president of European Operations, and board member at Dynisco Europe, a manufacturer of process control products. Previously, he spent 14 years ......