New Trends in Photonic Switching and Optical Network Architecture for Data Centre and Computing Systems
S. J. Ben Yoo
TL;DR
This paper discusses emerging trends in photonic switching and optical network architecture that aim to improve throughput and energy efficiency in data centres and computing systems, especially for AI/ML workloads.
Contribution
It highlights the integration of photonic interconnects and switching with AI/ML control planes as a novel approach to enhance data centre performance.
Findings
Photonic switching enables higher throughput in data centres.
Energy efficiency is significantly improved with photonic interconnects.
AI/ML control planes optimize the operation of photonic networks.
Abstract
AI/ML for data centres and data centres for AI/ML are defining new trends in cloud computing. Disaggregated heterogeneous reconfigurable computing systems realized by photonic interconnects and photonic switching expect greatly enhanced throughput and energy-efficiency for AI/ML workloads, especially when aided by an AI/ML control plane.
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Taxonomy
TopicsPhotonic and Optical Devices · Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing · Optical Network Technologies