RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Key benefits of POET the platform
Here is some data on the POET optical interconnect…One slice of the POET market. POET (near term) Current Silicon Photonics Solution IBM (DARPA Terabus project) transmit power pj/bit 0.27 0.0375 7.2 4mW @ 15 Gb/s 0.072727273 36mW @ 5Gb/s 55 mW @ 15Gb/s receive power pj/bit 0.42 0.075 5.6 6.3 mW @ 15 Gb/s 0.094029851 28 mW @ 5 Gb/s 67 mW @ 15 Gb/s Optical Interconnection of High Speed Circuits energy POET (near term) Current Silicon Photonics Solution POET energy used compared to benchmark transmit power pj/bit 0.27 7.2 3.75% 4mW @ 15 Gb/s 36mW @ 5Gb/s receive power pj/bit 0.42 5.6 7.50% 6.3 mW @ 15 Gb/s 28 mW @ 5 Gb/s Optical Interconnection of High Speed Circuits energy POET (near term) IBM (DARPA Terabus project) POET energy used compared to benchmark transmit power pj/bit 0.27 4mW @ 15 Gb/s 55 mW @ 15Gb/s 7.27% receive power pj/bit 0.42 6.3 mW @ 15 Gb/s 67 mW @ 15 Gb/s 9.40% POET Comparison to Competing Technology Competing OE Interface Potential OE Interface using POET POET Advantage power metrics transmit 10 mW/channel 2.5 mW/channel 75% energy savings power metrics receive 11 mW/channel 3 mW/channel 72% energy savings speed metrics max output 28Gbps/channel 100 Gbps/channel 72%increase speed size 4 VLSI chips (5mm X5 mm each) combined with commercial DBF laser in package of 3" X 1" X 1" single chip (5 mm X 5mm) in a standard flat package with fiber attached A fraction of the size Estimated cost $200 $15 .075 the cost