Code
01G01421
Duration
01 January 2021 → 31 December 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor-spokesperson
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Computer system architecture
- Modelling and simulation
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Engineering and technology
- Modelling not elsewhere classified
- Photodetectors, optical sensors and solar cells
Keywords
graphics processing unit (GPU)
Network-on-Wafer
optical routing
silicon photonics
vertical integration
Project description
A new compute paradigm is proposed, based on large arrays of graphics processing units (GPUs) that are interconnected via a wafer-scale photonic network. This results in unprecedented performance at low power. A holistic study of this new paradigm will be carried out, ranging from the design of a suitable computer and network architecture to the implementation of key hardware components.