This course aims to teach learners how to save energy and increase density in information processing using photonics. The learning outcomes include understanding the growth in information communication, identifying the density problem in electrical interconnects, and exploring quantum impedance conversion. The course covers skills such as analyzing wiring density, calculating interconnect power, and designing nanoantennas. The teaching method involves lectures on historical context, current challenges, and future solutions in photonics-based information processing. The intended audience for this course includes students, researchers, and professionals interested in energy-efficient information processing technologies.
Stanford Seminar - Saving Energy and Increasing Density in Information Processing Using Photonics
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Overview
Syllabus
Introduction.
Summary.
Growth in information communication and processing.
The first transatlantic cable (1865).
What's wrong with wires?.
Density problem in electrical interconnects.
Wiring density.
ITRS Projected Chip Performance - Bytes/FLOP.
Energies for communications and computations.
Data rates at different length scales.
Interconnect power.
Logic and wiring capacitance.
Quantum impedance conversion.
Capacitance of small structures for f operation.
Mask and layout for nanoantenna.
Eliminating receiver energy.
Large synchronous systems?.
Free-space arrays of beams.
Conclusions.
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Stanford Online
