Realizing Petabit/s IO and sub-pJ/bit System-wide Communication with Silicon Photonics

Explore a cutting-edge lecture on integrated silicon photonics and its potential to revolutionize high-performance computing systems. Delve into how this technology can address bandwidth and energy bottlenecks by enabling Petabit/s chip escape bandwidths with sub-picojoule/bit energy consumption. Learn about the use of comb-driven dense wavelength-division multiplexing and its scalability. Discover how embedded photonics can pave the way for new architectures that leverage distance-independent optical transmission, offering flexible connectivity tailored to accelerate distributed machine learning applications. Presented by Keren Bergman at the SPCL_Bcast #39 event on March 30, 2023, this one-hour talk provides valuable insights into the future of system-wide communication in high-performance computing.