A Power Efficient and Compact Optical Interconnect for Network-on-Chip

Optical interconnect is a promising alternative to substitute the electrical interconnect for intra-chip communications. The topology of optical Network-on-Chip (ONoC) has a great impact on the network performance. However, the size of ONoC is limited by the power consumption and crosstalk noise, which are mainly resulted from the waveguide crossings in the topology. In this paper, a diagonal M…